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AAMI ISO 11737-1 : 2006

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STERILIZATION OF MEDICAL DEVICES - MEDICAL DEVICES - PART 1: DETERMINATION OF THE POPULATION OF MICROORGANISMS ON PRODUCT
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

08-31-2021

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-18-2011

Glossary of equivalent standards
Committee representation
Background of AAMI adoption of ISO 11737-1:2006
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Quality management system elements
  4.1 Documentation
  4.2 Management responsibility
  4.3 Product realization
  4.4 Measurement, analysis, and improvement - Control of
      nonconforming product
5 Selection of product
  5.1 General
  5.2 Sample item portion (SIP)
6 Methods of determination and microbial characterization
  of bioburden
  6.1 Determination of bioburden
      6.1.1 Selection of an appropriate method
      6.1.2 Removal of microorganisms
      6.1.3 Culturing of microorganisms
      6.1.4 Enumeration of microorganisms
  6.2 Microbial characterization of bioburden
7 Validation of method of determination of bioburden
8 Routine determination of bioburden and interpretation of
  data
9 Maintenance of the method of determination of bioburden
  9.1 Changes to the product and/or manufacturing process
  9.2 Changes to the method of determination of bioburden
  9.3 Revalidation of the method of determination of
      bioburden
Annexes
A - Guidance on determination of a population of
    microorganisms on product
B - Guidance on methods of determination of bioburden
C - Validation of bioburden methods
Bibliography

Describes requirements and provides guidance for the enumeration and microbial characterization of the population of viable microorganisms on or in a medical device, component, raw material, or package.

Committee
WG 08
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes AAMI ISO 11737 3. (11/2006)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
43
ProductNote
Reconfirmed 2006
PublisherName
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
ISO 11737-1:2006 Identical

ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
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 14160:2011 Sterilization of health care products Liquid chemical sterilizing agents for single-use medical devices utilizing animal tissues and their derivatives Requirements for characterization, 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 13485:2016 Medical devices Quality management systems Requirements for regulatory purposes
ISO 14937:2009 Sterilization of health care products General requirements for characterization of a sterilizing agent and the development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices
ISO 11138-2:2017 Sterilization of health care products — Biological indicators — Part 2: Biological indicators for ethylene oxide sterilization processes
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 11137-2:2013 Sterilization of health care products — Radiation — Part 2: Establishing the sterilization dose
ISO 10012:2003 Measurement management systems — Requirements for measurement processes and measuring equipment
ISO 9000:2015 Quality management systems — Fundamentals and vocabulary
ISO/IEC 90003:2014 Software engineering Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001:2008 to computer software
ISO/TR 7871:1997 Cumulative sum charts Guidance on quality control and data analysis using CUSUM techniques
ISO 17665-1:2006 Sterilization of health care products — Moist heat — Part 1: Requirements for the development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices

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