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    ISO 11138-1 - STERILIZATION OF HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS - BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS - PART 1: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

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    Superseded date:  31-07-2006

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    Published date:  23-11-2012

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
      1.1 General
      1.1 Exclusions
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 General manufacturing requirements
      4.1 Manufacturing controls
          4.1.1 Quality systems
          4.1.2 Traceability
          4.1.3 End product requirements
          4.1.4 Personnel
      4.2 Test organism
          4.2.1 Strain
          4.2.2 Originating inoculum for suspension
          4.2.3 Test organism count
      4.3 Information supplied by manufacturer (labeling)
      4.4 Storage and transport
    5 Specific manufacturing requirements
      5.1 Suspensions
      5.2 Carrier, primary and secondary packaging
      5.3 Inoculated carrier
      5.4 Biological indicators
      5.5 Self-contained biological indicators
    6 Determination of resistance
      6.1 General resistance requirements
      6.2 Test organism
      6.3 Population of Test organism
      6.4 Resistance characteristics
      6.5 Test conditions
    7 Culture conditions
      7.1 Incubator
      7.2 Growth medium
      7.3 Incubation period
    Annex A (normative) Determination of viable count
          A.1 General
          A.2 Minimum number of test samples
          A.3 Sample preparation
          A.4 Incubation and enumeration
    Annex B (normative) Determination of growth inhibition by
                        carriers and primary packaging material
                        exposed to sterilization processes
          B.1 General
          B.2 Materials
          B.3 Methods
          B.4 Interpretation of results
          B.5 Determination of growth inhibition by packaging materials
    Annex C (normative) D value determination by survivor curve method
          C.1 General
          C.2 Materials
          C.3 Procedure
    Annex D (normative) D value determination by fraction negative
                        method
          D.1 General
          D.2 Materials
          D.3 Methods
              D.3.1 The Holcomb-Spearman-Karber Procedure (HSKP)
              D.3.2 The Limited Holcomb-Spearman-Karber-Procedure (LHSKP)
              D.3.3 The Stumbo-Murphy-Cochran-Procedure (SMCP)
    Annex E (normative) Survival-kill response characteristic
          E.1 General
          E.2 Materials
          E.3 Method
    Annex F (normative) Relationship between components of
                        biological indicators
    Bibliography
    Annex ZA (normative) Normative reference to international
                         publication with their relevant
                         European publications

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    Committee LBI/35
    Document Type Draft
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
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    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    ISO 10241:1992 International terminology standards Preparation and layout
    ISO 690:2010 Information and documentation Guidelines for bibliographic references and citations to information resources
    ISO 11607-2:2006 Packaging for terminally sterilized medical devices Part 2: Validation requirements for forming, sealing and assembly processes
    ISO 11138-3:2017 Sterilization of health care products — Biological indicators — Part 3: Biological indicators for moist heat sterilization processes
    ISO 11135:2014 Sterilization of health-care products Ethylene oxide Requirements for the development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices
    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
    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 8601:2004 Data elements and interchange formats Information interchange Representation of dates and times
    ISO 11607-1:2006 Packaging for terminally sterilized medical devices Part 1: Requirements for materials, sterile barrier systems and packaging systems
    ISO 17666:2016 Space systems — Risk management
    ISO 14161:2009 Sterilization of health care products Biological indicators Guidance for the selection, use and interpretation of results
    ISO 11137:1995 Sterilization of health care products Requirements for validation and routine control Radiation sterilization
    ISO 11138-4:2017 Sterilization of health care products — Biological indicators — Part 4: Biological indicators for dry heat sterilization processes
    ISO 11138-5:2017 Sterilization of health care products — Biological indicators — Part 5: Biological indicators for low-temperature steam and formaldehyde sterilization processes
    ISO 15223:2000 Medical devices Symbols to be used with medical device labels, labelling and information to be supplied
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