SANS 11138-2:2007
Sterilization of health care products - Biological indicators Part 2: Biological indicators for ethylene oxide sterilization processes

Standard No.

SANS 11138-2:2007

Release Date

2007

Published By

ZA-SANS

Latest

SANS 11138-2:2007

Scope

Specifies requirements for test organisms, suspensions, inoculated carriers, biological indicators and test methods intended for use in assessing the performance of sterilizers and sterilization processes employing ehtylene oxide gas as the sterilizing agent, either as pure ethylene oxide gas or mixtures of this gas with diluent gases, at sterilizing temperatures within the range of 29 °C to 65 °C.

SANS 11138-2:2007 history

• 2007 SANS 11138-2:2007 Sterilization of health care products - Biological indicators Part 2: Biological indicators for ethylene oxide sterilization processes