BS 3970-2:1991

This standard BS 3970-2:1991 Sterilizing and disinfecting equipment for medical products is classified in these ICS categories:

• 11.080.10 Sterilizing equipment

This Part of BS 3970 specifies particular requirements for sterilizers intended to be used for the sterilization of aqueous fluids in sealed rigid containers in which the heat transfer is effected by saturated steam under phase-boundary conditions, having a steady-state equilibrium during the holding phase. These requirements apply in addition to the general requirements specified in BS 3970-1.

NOTE 1 Recommendations for the information to be supplied by the purchaser to the manufacturer are given in Appendix A.

NOTE 2 The attention of both the sterilizer manufacturer and the user is drawn to the hazards associated with processing fluids in sealed rigid containers described in Appendix H.

NOTE 3 The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.

Requirements, additional to those in Part 1, for sterilizers in which heat transfer is effected by saturated steam under phase-boundary conditions.