EN ISO 11137-1:2015

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Quality management system elements
5 Sterilizing agent characterization
6 Process and equipment characterization
7 Product definition
8 Process definition
9 Validation
10 Routine monitoring and control
11 Product release from sterilization
12 Maintaining process effectiveness
Annex A (informative) - Guidance
Bibliography
Annex ZA (informative) - Relationship between this
         European Standard and the Essential
         Requirements of EU Directive 90/385/EEC
         on active implantable medical devices
Annex ZB (informative) - Relationship between this
         European Standard and the Essential Requirements
         of EU Directive 93/42/EEC on medical devices
Annex ZC (informative) - Relationship between this
         European Standard and the Essential Requirements of
         EU Directive 98/79/EC on in vitro diagnostic
         medical devices

ISO 11137-1:2006 specifies requirements for the development, validation and routine control of a radiation sterilization process for medical devices. Although the scope of ISO 11137-1:2006 is limited to medical devices, it specifies requirements and provides guidance that may be applicable to other products and equipment.ISO 11137-1:2006 covers radiation processes employing irradiators using the radionuclide 60Co or 137Cs, a beam from an electron generator or a beam from an X-ray generator.ISO 11137-1:2006 does not:specify requirements for development, validation and routine control of a process for inactivating the causative agents of spongiform encephalopathies such as scrapie, bovine spongiform encephalopathy and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease;detail specified requirements for designating a medical device as sterile;specify a quality management system for the control of all stages of production of medical devices;specify requirements for occupational safety associated with the design and operation of irradiation facilities;specify requirements for the sterilization of used or reprocessed devices.