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I.S. EN ISO 11737-1:2018/A1:2021

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Sterilization of health care products - Microbiological methods - Part 1: Determination of a population of microorganisms on products - Amendment 1 (ISO 11737- 1:2018/Amd 1:2021)

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Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

04-07-2021

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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General requirements
5 Selection of products
6 Methods of determination and microbial characterization of bioburden
7 Validation of the method for determining bioburden
8 Routine determination of bioburden and interpretation of data
9 Maintenance of the method for determining bioburden
Annex A (informative) Guidance on the determination of a population of microorganisms
on products
Annex B (informative) Guidance on methods to determine bioburden
Annex C (informative) Validation of bioburden recovery efficiency
Annex D (informative) Typical assignment of responsibilities
Bibliography

This document specifies requirements and provides guidance on the enumeration and microbial characterization of the population of viable microorganisms on or in a health care product, component, raw material or package.

Committee
ISO/TC 198
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
94
ProductNote
The date of any NSAI previous adoption may not match the date of its original CEN/CENELEC document.
PublisherName
National Standards Authority of Ireland
Status
Current
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
ISO 11737-1:2018/Amd 1:2021 Identical

Frequently Asked Questions

I.S. EN ISO 11737-1 specifies microbiological methods supporting sterilisation validation, including bioburden or sterility-related testing. In practice it is applied by medical device manufacturers and microbiology laboratories supporting sterilisation validation.

No — I.S. EN ISO 11737-1 is an Irish standard published by National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI), with its listed region as Ireland.

I.S. EN ISO 11737-1 is National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI)'s standard for microbiological methods for sterilisation, while I.S. EN ISO 11607-1 covers terminally sterilised medical device packaging (Ireland). I.S. EN ISO 11737-1 specifies microbiological methods supporting sterilisation validation, including bioburden or sterility-related testing. I.S. EN ISO 11607-1 specifies requirements for sterile barrier systems and packaging process validation for terminally sterilised medical devices.

I.S. EN ISO 11737-1 is used by medical device manufacturers and microbiology laboratories supporting sterilisation validation. It is an Irish standard published by National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI).

I.S. EN ISO 11737-1 specifies microbiological methods supporting sterilisation validation, including bioburden or sterility-related testing. It is an Irish standard published by National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI).
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