AAMI ISO 14161 : 2009
Superseded
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STERILIZATION OF HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS - BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS - GUIDANCE FOR THE SELECTION, USE, AND INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS
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21-11-2019
English
30-09-2009
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Background of ANSI/AAMI adoption of ISO 14161:2009
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General
5 Characteristics of biological indicators
6 Selection of supplier
7 Biological indicators in process development
8 Biological indicators in sterilization validation
9 Biological indicators in routine monitoring
10 Results
11 Application of biological indicator standards
12 Culture conditions
13 Third-party requirements
14 Personnel training
15 Storage and handling
16 Disposal of biological indicators
Annex A (informative) - Microbiological inactivation kinetics
and enumeration techniques
Annex B (informative) - Process challenge devices
Annex C (informative) - Formulae for fraction negative methods
for D value calculations
Annex D (informative) - Examples of documentation for biological
indicators prepared by the user
Annex E (informative) - Calculation of z value
Annex F (informative) - D value determination by survivor
curve method
Annex G (informative) - Survival-kill response characteristics
Bibliography
Specifies guidance for the selection, use, and interpretation of results from the application of biological indicators in the development, validation, and routine monitoring of sterilization processes.
| Committee |
WG 04
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes AAMI ST34 (05/2001)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| ISBN |
157020368-7
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| Pages |
84
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| PublisherName |
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy | |
| Supersedes |
| Standards | Relationship |
| ISO 14161:2009 | Identical |
| AAMI ST91 : 2015 | FLEXIBLE AND SEMI-RIGID ENDOSCOPE PROCESSING IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES |
| AAMI TIR14 : 2016 | CONTRACT STERILIZATION USING ETHYLENE OXIDE |
| AAMI ST40 : 2004 : R2010 | TABLE-TOP DRY HEAT (HEATED AIR) STERILIZATION AND STERILITY ASSURANCE IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES |
| AAMI TIR39:2009 | GUIDANCE ON SELECTING A MICROBIAL CHALLENGE AND INOCULATION SITES FOR STERILIZATION VALIDATION OF MEDICAL DEVICES |
| AAMI TIR39:2009(R2017) | GUIDANCE ON SELECTING A MICROBIAL CHALLENGE AND INOCULATION SITES FOR STERILIZATION VALIDATION OF MEDICAL DEVICES |
| AAMI ST63 : 2002 | STERILIZATION OF HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS - REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, VALIDATION AND ROUTINE CONTROL OF AN INDUSTRIAL STERILIZATION PROCESS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES - DRY HEAT |
| AAMI ST67 : 2011 | STERILIZATION OF HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS - REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDANCE FOR SELECTING A STERILITY ASSURANCE LEVEL (SAL) FOR PRODUCTS LABELED 'STERILE' |
| ANSI/AAMI ST58:2013(R2018) | CHEMICAL STERILIZATION AND HIGH-LEVEL DISINFECTION IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES |
| AAMI ST77 : 2013 | CONTAINMENT DEVICES FOR REUSABLE MEDICAL DEVICE STERILIZATION |
| ANSI/AAMI ST8:2013(R2018) | HOSPITAL STEAM STERILIZERS |
| AAMI TIR 12 : 2010 | DESIGNING, TESTING, AND LABELING REUSABLE MEDICAL DEVICES FOR REPROCESSING IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES: A GUIDE FOR MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURERS |
| ANSI/AAMI ST79:2017 | COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO STEAM STERILIZATION AND STERILITY ASSURANCE IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES |
| AAMI TIR56:2013(R2020) | GUIDANCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, VALIDATION AND ROUTINE CONTROL OF AN ETHYLENE OXIDE STERILIZATION PROCESS UTILIZING FLEXIBLE BAG SYSTEMS FOR THE STERILIZATION OF MEDICAL DEVICES |
| AAMI TIR56 : 2013 | GUIDANCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, VALIDATION AND ROUTINE CONTROL OF AN ETHYLENE OXIDE STERILIZATION PROCESS UTILIZING FLEXIBLE BAG SYSTEMS FOR THE STERILIZATION OF MEDICAL DEVICES |
| AAMI ST67 : 2011 : R2017 | STERILIZATION OF HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS - REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDANCE FOR SELECTING A STERILITY ASSURANCE LEVEL (SAL) FOR PRODUCTS LABELED 'STERILE' |
| AAMI TIR16 : 2017 | MICROBIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ETHYLENE OXIDE STERILIZATION |
| AAMI ST40 : 2004 | TABLE-TOP DRY HEAT (HEATED AIR) STERILIZATION AND STERILITY ASSURANCE IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES |
| ISO/IEC 17025:2005 | General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories |
| ISO 19011:2011 | Guidelines for auditing management systems |
| ISO 11138-3:2017 | Sterilization of health care products — Biological indicators — Part 3: Biological indicators for moist heat sterilization processes |
| EN 285:2015 | Sterilization - Steam sterilizers - Large sterilizers |
| ISO 11737-2:2009 | Sterilization of medical devices Microbiological methods Part 2: Tests of sterility performed in the definition, validation and maintenance of a sterilization process |
| ISO 11737-1:2006 | Sterilization of medical devices Microbiological methods Part 1: Determination of a population of microorganisms on products |
| ISO 13485:2016 | Medical devices Quality management systems Requirements for regulatory purposes |
| ISO 14937:2009 | Sterilization of health care products General requirements for characterization of a sterilizing agent and the development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices |
| AAMI TIR31 : 2008 | PROCESS CHALLENGE DEVICES/TEST PACKS FOR USE IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES |
| ISO 11138-2:2017 | Sterilization of health care products — Biological indicators — Part 2: Biological indicators for ethylene oxide sterilization processes |
| ISO/IEC 17011:2004 | Conformity assessment General requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies |
| ISO 11135-1:2007 | Sterilization of health care products Ethylene oxide Part 1: Requirements for development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices |
| ISO 18472:2006 | Sterilization of health care products Biological and chemical indicators Test equipment |
| ISO 20857:2010 | Sterilization of health care products Dry heat Requirements for the development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices |
| ISO/TS 11139:2006 | Sterilization of health care products Vocabulary |
| ISO 9001:2015 | Quality management systems — Requirements |
| ISO 9000:2015 | Quality management systems — Fundamentals and vocabulary |
| ISO/IEC Guide 2:2004 | Standardization and related activities — General vocabulary |
| ISO 11138-1:2017 | Sterilization of health care products — Biological indicators — Part 1: General requirements |
| ISO 11138-4:2017 | Sterilization of health care products — Biological indicators — Part 4: Biological indicators for dry heat sterilization processes |
| ISO 11138-5:2017 | Sterilization of health care products — Biological indicators — Part 5: Biological indicators for low-temperature steam and formaldehyde sterilization processes |
| ISO 17665-1:2006 | Sterilization of health care products — Moist heat — Part 1: Requirements for the development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices |
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