EN ISO 14160:2021

Reference details

Reference: EN ISO 14160:2021
Title: Sterilization of health care products - Liquid chemical sterilizing agents for single-use medical devices utilizing animal tissues and their derivatives - Requirements for characterization, development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices (ISO 14160:2020)
Organisation: CEN
Publisher status in source: PublishedThis is the status recorded in the source, not a statement that this is the latest edition.
Source access: 19 October 2026

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