Sterilisering

This document specifies requirements for washer-disinfectors (WD) that are intended to be used for emptying, flushing, washing and thermal disinfection of containers used to hold human waste for disposal by one operating cycle.
The requirements of this document apply in addition to the general requirements specified in ISO/DIS 15883-1:2020 and ISO 15883-5:2021.

This document specifies requirements for washer-disinfectors (WD) that are intended for use for the cleaning and thermal disinfection, in a single operating cycle, of reusable medical devices such as surgical instruments, anaesthetic equipment, bowls, dishes and receivers, utensils and glassware.
The requirements specified in this document are applicable in conjunction with the general requirements specified in ISO/DIS 15883-1:2020.
The specified performance requirements of this document might not ensure the inactivation or removal of the causative agent(s) (prion protein) of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.

This document specifies a test method and the minimum requirements for fungicidal or yeasticidal activity of chemical disinfectant and antiseptic products that form a homogeneous, physically stable preparation when diluted with hard water or — in the case of ready-to-use-products — with water. Products can only be tested at a concentration of 80 % or less, as some dilution is always produced by adding the test organisms and interfering substance.
This document applies to products that are used in the veterinary area – i.e. in the breeding, husbandry, production, transport and disposal of all animals except when in the food chain following death and entry to the processing industry.
EN 14885 specifies in detail the relationship of the various tests to one another and to “use recommendations”.
NOTE 1 The method described is intended to determine the activity of commercial formulations or active substances under the conditions in which they are used.
NOTE 2 This method corresponds to a phase 2 step 1 test.