ISO-11137-2 › Sterilization of health care products - Radiation - Part 2: Establishing the sterilization dose
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FOR 3RD EDITION AMENDMENT 1 SEE - June 1, 2022
ISO 11137-2:2013 specifies methods for determining the minimum dose needed to achieve a specified requirement for sterility and methods to substantiate the use of 25 kGy or 15 kGy as the sterilization dose to achieve a sterility assurance level, SAL, of 10−6. ISO 11137-2:2013 also specifies methods of sterilization dose audit used to demonstrate the continued effectiveness of the sterilization dose.
ISO 11137-2:2013 defines product families for sterilization dose establishment and sterilization dose audit.
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Claudia's Notes:
ISO 11137-2 is one of a 3-part series on the sterilization of health care products using radiation that replaced the original edition, ISO 11137:1995. The other two documents in the series are:
ISO 11137-1:2006, “Sterilization of health care products — Radiation — Part 1: Requirements for development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices”
ISO 11137-3:2006, “Sterilization of health care products — Radiation — Part 3: Guidance on dosimetric aspects”
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Document Number
ISO 11137-2:2013
Revision Level
3RD EDITION
Status
Current
Publication Date
June 1, 2013
Committee Number
ISO/TC 198