NA 176
DIN Standards Committee Health Technologies
Standards
[CURRENT]
DIN 58949-4
DIN 58949-4
Disinfection - Steam disinfection-apparatus - Part 4: Biological indicators for efficacy tests
Title (German)
Desinfektion - Dampf-Desinfektionsapparate - Teil 4: Biologische Indikatoren zur Prüfung auf Wirksamkeit
Overview
DIN 58949-4 The national standard has been prepared by Working Committee NA 063-04-03 AA "Desinfektionsapparate" ("Disinfection apparatus") at the Medicine Standards Committee (NAMed) at DIN, German Institute for Standardization e. V. The standard specifies requirements for biological indicators for microbiological testing of steam disinfection apparatus used primarily in the medical field. Requirements are specified for: - biological indicators for the effective area A and effective area ABC; - packaging, storage and marking.
