BS EN ISO 11138-2:2006
Sterilization of health care products - Biological indicators - Biological indicators for ethylene oxide sterilization processes

Standard No.

BS EN ISO 11138-2:2006

Release Date

2006

Published By

British Standards Institution (BSI)

Status

Be replaced 2009-11

Replace By

BS EN ISO 11138-2:2009

Latest

BS EN ISO 11138-2:2017

Scope

ISO 11138-2:2006 provides specific 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 ethylene 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.

BS EN ISO 11138-2:2006 history

• 2017 BS EN ISO 11138-2:2017 Sterilization of health care products. Biological indicators. Biological indicators for ethylene oxide sterilization processes
• 2009 BS EN ISO 11138-2:2009 Sterilization of health care products - Biological indicators - Biological indicators for ethylene oxide sterilization processes
• 2006 BS EN ISO 11138-2:2006 Sterilization of health care products - Biological indicators - Biological indicators for ethylene oxide sterilization processes
• 1998 BS EN 866-2:1998 Biological systems for testing sterilizers and sterilization processes - Particular systems for use in ethylene oxide sterilizers