EN ISO 11140-4:2007

Sterilization of health care products - Chemical indicators - Part 4: Class 2 indicators as an alternative to the Bowie and Dick-type test for detection of steam penetration (ISO 11140-4:2007)

ISO 11140-4:2007 specifies the performance for a Class 2 indicator to be used as an alternative to the Bowie and Dick-type test for steam sterilizers for wrapped health care goods (instruments, etc. and porous loads).
An indicator complying with ISO 11140-4:2007 incorporates a specified material which is used as a test load. This test load may, or may not, be re-usable. ISO 11140-4:2007 does not specify requirements for the test load, but specifies the performance of the indicator in combination with the test load with which it is intended to be used. The indicator specified in ISO 11140-4:2007 is intended to identify poor steam penetration but does not necessarily indicate the cause of this poor steam penetration.
This part of ISO 11140-4:2007 does not include test methods to establish the suitability of these indicators for use in sterilizers in which the air removal stage does not include evacuation below atmospheric pressure.

Sterilisation von Produkten für die Gesundheitsfürsorge - Chemische Indikatoren - Teil 4: Indikatoren der Klasse 2, die alternativ zum Bowie-Dick-Test für den Nachweis der Dampfdurchdringung verwendet werden (ISO 11140-4:2007)

Dieser Teil von ISO 11140 legt die Leistungsanforderungen für einen Indikator der Klasse 2 fest, der alternativ zum Bowie Dick Test in Dampfsterilisatoren für verpackte Güter (Instrumente usw. und poröse Ladungen) zu verwenden ist.
ANMERKUNG   Der Bowie Dick Test wird zur Routineprüfung von Dampfsterilisatoren und zur Validierung von Sterilisationsverfahren mit Dampf verwendet.
Ein Indikator, der diesem Teil von ISO 11140 entspricht, enthält ein festgelegtes Material, welches als Prüfladung verwendet wird. Diese Prüfladung kann zum einmaligen oder mehrmaligen Gebrauch vorgesehen sein. Dieser Teil von ISO 11140 legt keine Anforderungen an die Prüfladung fest, sondern enthält Festlegungen zur Leistungsfähigkeit des Indikators in Verbindung mit der Prüfladung, mit der er zu verwenden ist. Der in diesem Teil von ISO 11140 festgelegte Indikator dient dem Nachweis unzureichender Dampfdurchdringung, zeigt jedoch nicht unbedingt deren Ursache an.
Dieser Teil von ISO 11140 enthält keine Prüfverfahren, um die Eignung dieser Indikatorsysteme für den Gebrauch in Sterilisatoren festzulegen, in denen die Luftentfernungsstufe keine Evakuierung unter den Atmosphären¬druck einschließt.

Stérilisation des produits de santé - Indicateurs chimiques - Partie 4: Indicateurs de Classe 2 comme alternative à l'essai de Bowie et Dick pour la détection de la pénétration de la vapeur (ISO 11140-4:2007)

L'ISO 11140-4:2007 spécifie les performances des indicateurs de Classe 2, destinés à être utilisés pour les stérilisateurs à la vapeur, comme alternative à l'essai de Bowie et Dick pour les produits de santé emballés (par exemple les instruments et les charges poreuses).
Un indicateur conforme à l'ISO 11140-4:2007 incorpore un matériau spécifié utilisé comme charge d'essai. Cette charge d'essai peut être ou non réutilisable. L'ISO 11140-4:2007 ne spécifie aucune exigence relative à la charge d'essai; en revanche, elle spécifie les performances de l'indicateur utilisé conjointement avec la charge d'essai pour laquelle il est conçu. Les indicateurs spécifiés dans l'ISO 11140-4:2007 sont conçus pour identifier les cas d'admission inefficace de la vapeur mais n'en indiquent pas nécessairement la cause.
L'ISO 11140-4:2007 ne décrit aucune méthode d'essai permettant d'établir dans quelle mesure ces indicateurs sont adaptés aux stérilisateurs dans lesquels l'extraction de l'air n'inclut pas de phase d'extraction à des pressions inférieures à la pression atmosphérique

Sterilizacija izdelkov za zdravstveno nego – Kemijski indikatorji – 4. del: Indikatorji razreda 2, ki se uporabljajo namesto Bowie-Dickovega preskusa za ugotavljanje prodiranja pare (ISO 11140-4:2007)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 14-Mar-2007
• Withdrawal Date: 29-Sep-2007
• ICS: 11.080.01 - Sterilization and disinfection in general
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 102 - Sterilizers for medical purposes
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 102/WG 7 - Biological and chemical indicators
• Current Stage: 6060 - Definitive text made available (DAV) - Publishing
• Start Date: 15-Mar-2007
• Completion Date: 15-Mar-2007
• Directive: 93/42/EEC - Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices
• Mandate: M/023 - Standardization mandate to CEN/CENELEC concerning the development of European standards relating to medical devices
• Ref Project: SIST EN ISO 11140-4:2007 - Sterilization of health care products - Chemical indicators - Part 4: Class 2 indicators as an alternative to the Bowie and Dick-type test for detection of steam penetration (ISO 11140-4:2007)

Relations

• Replaces: EN 867-4:2000 - Non-biological systems for use in sterilizers - Part 4: Specification for indicators as an alternative to the Bowie and Dick test for the detection of steam penetration
• Effective Date: 22-Dec-2008

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN ISO 11140-4:2007
01-september-2007
1DGRPHãþD
SIST EN 867-4:2001
Sterilizacija izdelkov za zdravstveno nego – Kemijski indikatorji – 4. del: Indikatorji
razreda 2, ki se uporabljajo namesto Bowie-Dickovega preskusa za ugotavljanje
prodiranja pare (ISO 11140-4:2007)
Sterilization of health care products - Chemical indicators - Part 4: Class 2 indicators as
an alternative to the Bowie and Dick-type test for detection of steam penetration (ISO
11140-4:2007)
Sterilisation von Produkten für die Gesundheitsfürsorge - Chemische Indikatoren - Teil 4:
Indikatoren der Klasse 2, die alternativ zum Bowie-Dick-Test für den Nachweis der
Dampfdurchdringung verwendet werden (ISO 11140-4:2007)
Stérilisation des produits de santé - Indicateurs chimiques - Partie 4: Indicateurs de
classe 2 comme alternative a l'essai de Bowie et Dick pour la détection de la pénétration
de la vapeur (ISO 11140-4:2007)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 11140-4:2007
ICS:
11.080.01 Sterilizacija in dezinfekcija na Sterilization and disinfection
splošno in general
SIST EN ISO 11140-4:2007 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN ISO 11140-4
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
March 2007
ICS 11.080.01 Supersedes EN 867-4:2000
English Version
Sterilization of health care products - Chemical indicators - Part
4: Class 2 indicators as an alternative to the Bowie and Dick-
type test for detection of steam penetration (ISO 11140-4:2007)
Stérilisation des produits de santé - Indicateurs chimiques - Sterilisation von Produkten für die Gesundheitsfürsorge -
Partie 4: Indicateurs de Classe 2 comme alternative à Chemische Indikatoren - Teil 4: Indikatoren der Klasse 2,
l'essai de Bowie et Dick pour la détection de la pénétration die alternativ zum Bowie-Dick-Test für den Nachweis der
de la vapeur (ISO 11140-4:2007) Dampfdurchdringung verwendet werden (ISO 11140-
4:2007)
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EN ISO 11140-4:2007 (E)



Foreword

This document (EN ISO 11140-4:2007) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC
198 "Sterilization of health care products" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC
102 "Sterilizers for medical purposes", the secretariat of which is held by DIN.

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 September 2007, and conflicting
national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by September 2007.

This document supersedes EN 867-4:2000.

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).

The series EN ISO 11140 consists of the following parts under the general title Sterilization of
health care products - Chemical indicators:

 Part 1: General requirements
 Part 3: Class 2 indicator systems for use in the Bowie and Dick-type steam penetration
test
 Part 4: Class 2 indicators as an alternative to the Bowie and Dick-type test for detection of
steam penetration

Attention is drawn to the fact that the series ISO 11140 additionally consists of Part 5: Class 2
indicators for Bowie and Dick-type air removal tests. However, this Part of ISO 11140 will not
be part of the series EN ISO 11140 because CEN/TC 102 decided not to adopt ISO 11140-5
as a European Standard.

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