NA 176

DIN Standards Committee Health Technologies

Project

Sterilization of health care products - Radiation - Part 2: Establishing the sterilization dose

Abstract

ISO 11137-2:2013 specifies 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. ISO 11137-2:2013 also specifies methods of sterilization dose audit used to demonstrate the continued effectiveness of the sterilization dose.

ISO 11137-2:2013 defines product families for sterilization dose establishment and sterilization dose audit.

Begin

2024-07-29

WI

00204096

Planned document number

DIN EN ISO 11137-2 rev

Project number

17600113

Responsible national committee

NA 176-03-09 AA - Sterilization and processing of medical devices  

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 204 - Sterilization of medical devices  

Responsible international committee

ISO/TC 198/WG 2 - Radiation sterilization  

previous edition(s)

Sterilization of health care products - Radiation - Part 2: Establishing the sterilization dose (ISO 11137-2:2013 + Amd 1:2022); German version EN ISO 11137-2:2015 + A1:2023
2023-08

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