ISO/TS 5111:2022
Current
The latest, up-to-date edition.
Guidance on quality of water for sterilizers, sterilization and washer-disinfectors for health care products
Hardcopy , PDF
English, French
19-12-2022
This document provides guidance on the quality of water for sterilizers, sterilization and washer-disinfectors (WDs) used to process health care products.
This document covers the quality of water used directly for cleaning, thermal and chemical disinfection, rinsing and sterilization, as feedwater for the generation of steam, as a service to a sterilizer or WD, or as a cooling agent.
This document provides specific guidance on:
WDs.
This document does not specify requirements for water treatment systems (see, for example, standards for particular sterilizers or WDs).
This document does not specify the water quality for manufacturing pharmaceuticals, cell-based health care products or medical devices.
This document does not provide guidance on the attributes of steam quality (see, for example, EN 285).
| DocumentType |
Technical Specification
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| Pages |
39
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| PublisherName |
International Organization for Standardization
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| Status |
Current
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| Standards | Relationship |
| DS/ISO/TS 5111:2022 | Identical |
| IS 18618 : 2024 | Identical |
| XP ISO/TS 5111:2023 | Identical |
| NS-EN 13060:2025 | Sterilizers for medical purposes - Small steam sterilizers - Requirements and testing |
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