ISO 11138-4:2006Withdrawn

Sterilization of health care products — Biological indicators — Part 4: Biological indicators for dry heat sterilization processes

Stérilisation des produits de santé — Indicateurs biologiques — Partie 4: Indicateurs biologiques pour la stérilisation à la chaleur sèche

This edition has been replaced by ISO 11138-4:2017.

Abstract / scope

ISO 11138-4:2006 provides specific requirements for test organisms, suspensions, inoculated carriers, biological indicators, and test methods intended for use in assessing the performance of sterilization processes employing dry heat as the sterilizing agent at sterilizing temperatures within the range of 120 °C to 180 °C.

Life cycle

Replaced by

ISO 11138-4:2017PublishedSterilization of health care products — Biological indicators — Part 4: Biological indicators for dry heat sterilization processesInternational Standard · Published 3 Mar 2017 · ISO/TC 198