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
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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.