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36、 Canada L4W 5N61-800-463-6727 416-747-4044Visit our Online Store at www.ShopCSA.caPrepared byInternational Organization for StandardizationApproved byStandards Council of CanadaCAN/CSA-ISO 14937:11Sterilization of health care products General requirements for characterization of a sterilizing agent
37、and the development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devicesCAN/CSA-ISO 14937:11Sterilization of health care products General requirements forcharacterization of a sterilizing agent and the development, validationand routine control of a sterilization process fo
38、r medical devicesCSA/4 Canadian Standards Association October 2011CAN/CSA-ISO 14937:11Sterilization of health care products General requirements for characterization of a sterilizing agent and the development, validation and routine control of asterilization process for medical devicesCSA PrefaceThi
39、s is the second edition of CAN/CSA-ISO 14937, 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, which is an adoption without modification of the id
40、entically titled ISO (International Organization for Standardization) Standard 14937 (second edition, 2009-10-15). It supersedes the previous edition published in 2001 as CAN/CSA-ISO 14937 (adopted ISO 14937:2000).This Standard was reviewed for Canadian adoption by the CSA Technical Committee on Ste
41、rilization, under the jurisdiction of the CSA Strategic Steering Committee on Health Care Technology, and has been formally approved by the Technical Committee. This Standard has been approved as a National Standard of Canada by the Standards Council of Canada.October 2011 Canadian Standards Associa
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