EN 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 11137-1:2006)

ISO 11137-1:2006 specifies requirements for the development, validation and routine control of a radiation sterilization process for medical devices. Although the scope of ISO 11137-1:2006 is limited to medical devices, it specifies requirements and provides guidance that may be applicable to other products and equipment.
ISO 11137-1:2006 covers radiation processes employing irradiators using the radionuclide 60Co or 137Cs, a beam from an electron generator or a beam from an X-ray generator.
ISO 11137-1:2006 does not:
specify requirements for development, validation and routine control of a process for inactivating the causative agents of spongiform encephalopathies such as scrapie, bovine spongiform encephalopathy and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease;
detail specified requirements for designating a medical device as sterile;
specify a quality management system for the control of all stages of production of medical devices;
specify requirements for occupational safety associated with the design and operation of irradiation facilities;
specify requirements for the sterilization of used or reprocessed devices.

Sterilisation von Produkten für die Gesundheitsfürsorge - Strahlen - Teil 1: Anforderungen an die Entwicklung, Validierung und Lenkung der Anwendung eines Sterilisationsverfahrens für Medizinprodukte (ISO 11137-1:2006)

1.1   Dieser Teil von ISO 11137 legt Anforderungen für die Entwicklung, Validierung und Lenkung der Anwenduung eines Strahlensterilisationsverfahrens für Medizinprodukte fest.
ANMERKUNG   Obgleich der Anwendungsbereich von diesem Teil von ISO 11137 auf Medizinprodukte begrenzt ist, legt er Anforderungen fest und liefert Anleitungen, die für andere Produkte und Ausrüstungen gelten können.
Durch diesen Teil von ISO 11137 erfasste Strahlensterilisationsverfahren wenden Bestrahlungsanlagen an,
a)   die die Radionuklide 60Co und 137Cs verwenden,
b)   in denen beschleunigte Elektronen erzeugt werden
oder
c)   in denen durch beschleunigte Elektronen X-Rays (Röntgenstrahlen) genutzt werden.
1.2   Dieser Teil von ISO 11137 legt keine Anforderungen an die Entwicklung, Validierung und Lenkung der Anwendung eines Verfahrens zur Inaktivierung der Verursacher spongiformer Enzephalopathien wie Scrapie, bovine spongiforme Enzephalopathie und Creutzfeldt-Jakob-Krankheit fest. In bestimmten Ländern sind spezifische Empfehlungen für die Behandlung möglicherweise mit diesen Erregern kontaminierter Materialien erarbeitet worden.
ANMERKUNG   Siehe zum Beispiel ISO 22442 1, ISO 22442 2 und ISO 22442 3.
1.2.1   Dieser Teil von ISO 11137 legt keine in den Einzelheiten festgelegte Anforderung zur Kennzeichnung eines Medizinprodukts als steril fest.
ANMERKUNG   Zu beachten sind nationale oder regionale Anforderungen für die Kennzeichnung von Medizinprodukten als „steril“. Siehe zum Beispiel EN 556 1 oder ANSI/AAMI ST67.
1.2.2   Dieser Teil von ISO 11137 legt kein Qualitätsmanagementsystem für die Lenkung der Anwendung aller Stufen der Herstellung von Medizinprodukten fest.
ANMERKUNG   Es ist keine Anforderung von diesem Teil von ISO 11137, dass bei der Herstellung ein vollständiges Qualitätsmanagementsystem vorhanden ist, aber die als Minimum erforderlichen Elemente eines Qualitätsmanagement-systems zur Lenkung der Anwendung des Sterilisationsverfahrens werden an geeigneten Stellen im Text als normativ

Stérilisation des produits de santé - Irradiation - Partie 1: Exigences relatives à la mise au point, à la validation et au contrôle de routine d'un procédé de stérilisation pour les dispositifs médicaux (ISO 11137-1:2006)

L'ISO 11137-1:2006 spécifie les exigences relatives à la mise au point, à la validation et au contrôle de routine d'un procédé de stérilisation par irradiation pour les dispositifs médicaux. Bien que le domaine d'application de la présente partie de l'ISO 11137 se limite aux dispositifs médicaux, elle spécifie les exigences et fournit des directives qui peuvent être applicables à d'autres produits et équipements.
L'ISO 11137-1:2006 couvre les procédés d'irradiation utilisant des irradiateurs, qui utilisent les radionucléides 60Co ou 137Cs, un faisceau à partir d'un générateur d'électrons ou un faisceau à partir d'un générateur de rayons X.
L'ISO 11137-1:2006
ne spécifie pas les exigences pour la mise au point, la validation et le contrôle de routine d'un procédé pour l'inactivation des agents responsables des encéphalopathies spongiformes telles que la tremblante du mouton (scrapie en anglais), l'encéphalopathie spongiforme bovine et la maladie de Creutzfeldt-Jakob. Des recommandations spécifiques ont été formulées dans certains pays pour le traitement des matériaux potentiellement contaminés par ces agents,
ne détaille pas les exigences spécifiées pour désigner un dispositif médical stérile,
ne spécifie pas de système de management de la qualité pour le contrôle de toutes les étapes de production des dispositifs médicaux,
n'exige ni l'utilisation d'indicateurs biologiques pour la validation ou la surveillance de la stérilisation par radiation, ni qu'un essai de stérilité défini dans la pharmacopée soit réalisé pour la libération du produit.
ne spécifie pas d'exigences relatives à la sécurité du travail associée à la conception et au fonctionnement des installations d'irradiation.
ne spécifie pas d'exigences relatives à la stérilisation de dispositifs usagés ou retraités.

Sterilizacija izdelkov za zdravstveno nego - Sevanje - 1. del: Zahteve za razvoj, validacijo in rutinsko kontrolo sterilizacijskih postopkov za medicinske pripomočke (ISO 11137-1:2006)

1.1 Ta del standarda ISO 11137 določa zahteve za razvoj, validacijo in rutinsko kontrolo sterilizacijskega postopka s sevanjem za medicinske pripomočke.
OPOMBA: Čeprav je področje uporabe tega dela standarda ISO 11137 omejeno na medicinske pripomočke, ta standard določa zahteve in navaja smernice, ki so lahko uporabne tudi za druge proizvode in opremo.
Ta del standarda ISO 11137 zajema postopke sevanja z iradiatorji z uporabo:
a) radionuklidov 60Co ali 137Cs,
b) žarka iz generatorja elektronov ali
c) žarka iz generatorja rentgenskega sevanja.
1.2 Ta del standarda ISO 11137 ne določa zahtev za razvoj, validacijo in rutinsko kontrolo postopka za inaktivacijo povzročiteljev spongiformne encefalopatije, kot so praskavec, bovina spongiformna encefalopatija in Creutzfeldt-Jakobova bolezen. V posameznih državah so bila izdelana posebna priporočila za obdelavo materialov, potencialno okuženih s temi povzročitelji.
OPOMBA: Glej na primer ISO 22442-1, ISO 22442-2 in ISO 22442-3.
1.2.1 Ta del standarda ISO 11137 ne določa zahtev za označevanje medicinskega pripomočka kot sterilnega.
OPOMBA: Izpostavljene so regionalne in nacionalne zahteve za označevanje medicinskih pripomočkov kot "sterilnih". Glej na primer EN 556-1 ali ANSI/AAMI ST67.
1.2.2 Ta del standarda ISO 11137 ne določa sistema vodenja kakovosti za nadzor vseh faz proizvodnje medicinskih pripomočkov.
OPOMBA: Ta del standarda ISO 11137 ne zahteva, da je treba imeti popoln sistem vodenja kakovosti v fazi proizvodnje, toda elementi sistema vodenja kakovosti, ki so potrebni za izpolnjevanje minimalnih zahtev za nadzor sterilizacijskega postopka, so normativno navedeni na ustreznih mestih v besedilu (glej zlasti točko 4). Izpostavljeni so standardi za sisteme vodenja kakovosti (glej ISO 13485), ki nadzirajo vse faze proizvodnje medicinskih pripomočkov, vključno s sterilizacijskim postopkom. Regionalni in nacionalni predpisi za oskrbo z medicinskimi pripomočki lahko zahtevajo izvajanje celovitega sistema vodenja kakovosti in presojo tega sistema s strani tretje osebe.
1.2.3 Ta del standarda ISO 11137 ne zahteva, da se biološki kazalniki uporabljajo za validacijo ali spremljanje sterilizacije s sevanjem, niti ne zahteva, da se preskus farmakopeje za sterilnost izvaja ob začetku prodaje proizvodov.
1.2.4 Ta del standarda ISO 11137 ne določa zahtev za varnost pri delu, povezanih z načrtovanjem in upravljanjem sredstev za obsevanje.
OPOMBA: Izpostavljen je tudi obstoj, v nekaterih državah, uredb o varnostnih zahtevah za varnost pri delu v zvezi s sevanjem.
1.2.5 Ta del standarda ISO 11137 ne določa zahtev za sterilizacijo uporabljenih ali predelanih pripomočkov.

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 14-Apr-2006
• Withdrawal Date: 09-Jun-2015
• ICS: 11.080.01 - Sterilization and disinfection in general
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 204 - Sterilization of medical devices
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 204 - Sterilization of medical devices
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Completion Date: 10-Jun-2015
• Directive: 90/385/EEC - Council Directive 90/385/EEC of 20 June 1990 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to active implantable medical devices
• Directive: 93/42/EEC - Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices
• Directive: 98/79/EC - Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 1998 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices
• Mandate: M/BC/CEN/89/9 - Joint Standardization request to CEN/CENELEC concerning harmonized standards relating to horizontal aspects in the field of medical devices
• Ref Project: SIST EN 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 11137-1:2006)

Relations

• Replaces: EN 552:1994/A2:2000 - Sterilization of medical devices - Validation and routine control of sterilization by irradiation
• Effective Date: 22-Dec-2008
• Replaces: EN 552:1994/A1:1999 - Sterilization of medical devices - Validation and routine control of sterilization by irradiation
• Effective Date: 22-Dec-2008
• Replaces: EN 552:1994 - Sterilization of medical devices - Validation and routine control of sterilization by irradiation
• Effective Date: 22-Dec-2008
• Replaced By: EN ISO 11137-1:2015 - Sterilization of health care products - Radiation - Part 1: Requirements for development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices (ISO 11137-1:2006, including Amd 1:2013)
• Effective Date: 24-Jun-2015
• Amended By: EN ISO 11137-1:2006/A1:2013 - Sterilization of health care products - Radiation - Part 1: Requirements for development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices (ISO 11137-1:2006/Amd 1:2013)
• Effective Date: 08-Jun-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

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Sterilization of health care products - Radiation - Part 1: Requirements for development,
validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices (ISO 11137-
1:2006)
Sterilisation von Produkten für die Gesundheitsfürsorge - Strahlen - Teil 1:
Anforderungen an die Entwicklung, Validierung und Lenkung der Anwendung eines
Sterilisationsverfahrens für Medizinprodukte (ISO 11137-1:2006)
Stérilisation des produits de santé - Irradiation - Partie 1: Exigences relatives a la mise
au point, a la validation et au contrôle de routine d'un procédé de stérilisation pour les
dispositifs médicaux (ISO 11137-1:2006)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 11137-1:2006
ICS:
11.080.01 Sterilizacija in dezinfekcija na Sterilization and disinfection
splošno in general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN ISO 11137-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
April 2006
ICS 11.080.01 Supersedes EN 552:1994
English Version
Sterilization of health care products - Radiation - Part 1:
Requirements for development, validation and routine control of
a sterilization process for medical devices (ISO 11137-1:2006)
Stérilisation des produits de santé - Irradiation - Partie 1: Sterilisation von Produkten für die Gesundheitsfürsorge -
Exigences relatives à la mise au point, à la validation et au Strahlen - Teil 1: Anforderungen an die Entwicklung,
contrôle de routine d'un procédé de stérilisation pour les Validierung und Lenkung der Anwendung eines
dispositifs médicaux (ISO 11137-1:2006) Sterilisationsverfahrens für Medizinprodukte (ISO 11137-
1:2006)
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Foreword
This document (EN ISO 11137-1:2006) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 198
"Sterilization of health care products" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 204
"Sterilization of medical devices", the secretariat of which is held by BSI.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by October 2006, and conflicting national standards
shall be withdrawn at the latest by April 2009.

This document supersedes EN 552:1994.

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission
and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).

For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this
document.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 11137-1:2006 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 11137-1:2006 without any
modifications.
ANNEX ZA
(informative)
Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directives 90/385/EEC concerning active
implantable medical devices, 93/42/EEC concerning medical devices
and 98/79/EEC concerning in vitro diagnostic medical devices

This European Standard has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association to provide one means of conforming to
Essential Requirements of the New Approach Directive, EU Directives 90/385/EEC concerning
active implantable medical devices, 93/42/EEC concerning medical devices and 98/79/EEC
concerning in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Communities under that Directive
and has been implemented as a national standard in at least one Member State, compliance with
the normative clauses of this standard given in Table ZA.1 confers, within the limits of the scope of
this standard, a presumption of conformity with the corresponding Essential Requirements of that
Directive and associated EFTA regulations.

Table ZA.1 — Correspondence between this European Standard and EU Directives
90/385/EEC concerning active implantable medical devices, 93/42/EEC concerning medical
devices and 98/79/EEC concerning in vitro diagnostic medical devices

Clause(s)/Sub-clause(s) Essential Essential Essential Qualifying
of this European Requirements Requirements Requirements remarks/Notes
Standard (ERs) of Directive (ERs) of (ERs) of Directive
90/385/EEC Directive 98/79/EEC
93/42/EEC
In part
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 7 8.3 B.2.3
In part
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 8.4 B.2.4

WARNING: Other requirements and other EU Directives may be applicable to the product(s) falling
within the scope of this standard.

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 11137-1
First edition
2006-04-15
Sterilization of health care products —
Radiation —
Part 1:
Requirements for development, validation
and routine control of a sterilization
process for medical devices
Stérilisation des produits de santé — Irradiation —
Partie 1: Exigences relatives à la mise au point, à la validation et au
contrôle de routine d'un procédé de stérilisation pour les dispositifs
médicaux
Reference number
ISO 11137-1:2006(E)
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ISO 11137-1:2006(E)
Contents Page
Foreword. iv
Introduction . v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 2
3 Terms and definitions. 2
4 Quality management system elements .8
4.1 Documentation. 8
4.2 Management responsibility . 9
4.3 Product realization. 9
4.4 Measurement, analysis and improvement — Control of nonconforming product . 9
5 Sterilizing agent characterization . 9
5.1 Sterilizing agent . 9
5.2 Microbicidal effectiveness . 9
5.3 Material effects. 9
5.4 Environmental considerations . 10
6 Process and equipment characterization . 10
6.1 Process . 10
6.2 Equipment . 10
7 Product definition . 11
8 Process definition. 12
8.1 Establishing the maximum acceptable dose . 12
8.2 Establishing the sterilization dose. 12
8.3 Specifying the maximum acceptable dose and the sterilization dose. 13
8.4 Transference of maximum acceptable, verification or sterilization dose between radiation
sources . 13
9 Validation. 14
9.1 Installation qualification. 14
9.2 Operational qualification. 14
9.3 Performance qualification. 15
9.4 Review and approval of validation. 15
10 Routine monitoring and control . 16
11 Product release from sterilization. 17
12 Maintaining process effectiveness . 17
12.1 Demonstration of continued effectiveness. 17
12.2 Recalibration . 20
12.3 Maintenance of equipment . 20
12.4 Requalification of equipment . 20
12.5 Assessment of change. 20
Annex A (informative) Guidance. 21
Bibliography .
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