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DIN EN ISO 11137-2:2015-11

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Sterilization of health care products - Radiation - Part 2: Establishing the sterilization dose (ISO 11137-2:2013)
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

01-08-2023

Language(s)

English, German

Published date

01-11-2015

National foreword
National Annex NA (informative) - Bibliography
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms, definitions, and abbreviated terms
4 Definition and maintenance of product families for dose
   setting, dose substantiation, and sterilization
   dose auditing
5 Selection and testing of product for establishing the
   sterilization dose
6 Methods of dose establishment
7 Method 1: dose setting using bioburden information
8 Method 2: Dose setting using fraction positive information
   from incremental dosing to determine an extrapolation factor
9 Method VD[max] - Substantiation of 25 kGy or 15 kGy
   as the sterilization dose
10 Sterilization dose audit
11 Worked examples
Annex ZA (informative) - Relationship between this European
         Standard and the Essential Requirements of
         EU Directive 90/385/EEC on active implantable
         medical devices
Annex ZB (informative) - Relationship between this European
         Standard and the Essential Requirements of
         EU Directive 93/42/EEC on medical devices
Annex ZC (informative) - Relationship between this European
         Standard and the Essential Requirements of
         EU Directive 98/79/EC on in vitro diagnostic
         medical devices
Bibliography

Defines methods for determining the minimum dose needed to achieve a specified requirement for sterility and methods to substantiate the use of 25 kGy or 15 kGy as the sterilization dose to achieve a sterility assurance level, SAL, of 10[-6].

DevelopmentNote
Supersedes DIN EN 552 E. (12/2015)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
81
PublisherName
German Institute for Standardisation (Deutsches Institut für Normung)
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

ISO 11137-1:2006 Sterilization of health care products Radiation Part 1: Requirements for development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices
ISO 11737-2:2009 Sterilization of medical devices Microbiological methods Part 2: Tests of sterility performed in the definition, validation and maintenance of a sterilization process
ISO 11737-1:2006 Sterilization of medical devices Microbiological methods Part 1: Determination of a population of microorganisms on products
ISO 13485:2016 Medical devices Quality management systems Requirements for regulatory purposes
AAMI TIR27 : 1ED 2001 STERILIZATION OF HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS - RADIATION STERILIZATION - SUBSTANTIATION OF 25 KGY AS A STERILIZATION DOSE - METHOD VD MAX
AAMI ST32 : 1991 GUIDELINE FOR GAMMA RADIATION STERILIZATION
ISO/TS 11139:2006 Sterilization of health care products Vocabulary
ISO 11137-3:2017 Sterilization of health care products — Radiation — Part 3: Guidance on dosimetric aspects of development, validation and routine control
ISO 14971:2007 Medical devices Application of risk management to medical devices
ISO 11137:1995 Sterilization of health care products Requirements for validation and routine control Radiation sterilization

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