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Sterilization of health care products — Radiation — Substantiation of selected sterilization dose: Method VDmaxSD

Sterilization of medical devices — Low temperature steam and formaldehyde — Requirements for development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices

Sterilization of health care products — Radiation
Part 2: Establishing the sterilization dose

Guide to the development and inclusion of safety aspects in International Standards for medical devices

Sterilization of health care products — Chemical indicators
Part 3: Class 2 indicator systems for use in the Bowie and Dick-type steam penetration test — Technical Corrigendum 1

Sterilization of medical devices — Microbiological methods
Part 1: Determination of a population of microorganisms on products — Technical Corrigendum 1