BS EN 14180:2014

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Technical requirements
5 Process control
6 Performance requirements
7 Sound power and vibration
8 Packaging, marking and labelling
9 Information to be supplied by the manufacturer
10 Service and local environment
Annex A (normative) - Test methods
Annex B (normative) - Sterilizer classification and testing
Annex C (normative) - Test equipment
Annex D (normative) - Determination of formaldehyde residuals
        in a filter indicator
Annex E (informative) - Formaldehyde residues on medical devices
Annex F (informative) - Environmental aspects
Annex ZA (informative) - Relationship between this European
         Standard and the Essential Requirements of
         EU Directive 93/42/EEC on medical devices
Bibliography

Describes requirements and tests for LTSF sterilizers, which use a mixture of low temperature steam and formaldehyde as sterilizing agent, and which are working below ambient pressure only.

This European Standard specifies requirements and tests for LTSF sterilizers, which use a mixture of low temperature steam and formaldehyde as sterilizing agent, and which are working below ambient pressure only. These sterilizers are primarily used for the sterilization of heat labile medical devices in health care facilities. This European Standard specifies minimum requirements: - for the performance and design of sterilizers to ensure that the process is capable of sterilizing medical devices; - for the equipment and controls of these sterilizers necessary for the validation and routine control of the sterilization processes.