# ISO 11138-2:1994 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 11138-2:1994, item title is Sterilization of health care products — Biological indicators — Part 2: Biological indicators for ethylene oxide sterilization; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 11138-2:2006; withdrawn / published date is 1994-10-06, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 11138-2:1994 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Sterilization of health care products — Biological indicators — Part 2: Biological indicators for ethylene oxide sterilization _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO 11138-2:2006
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 1994-10-06 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 20530,IS,,ISO 11138-2:1994,Sterilization of health care products — Biological indicators — Part 2: Biological indicators for ethylene oxide sterilization,Stérilisation des produits de santé — Indicateurs biologiques — Partie 2: Indicateurs biologiques pour stérilisation à l'oxyde d'éthylène,1994-10-06,1,['11.080.01'],ISO/TC 198,9599,,[33957],['en'],4,<p>Provides specific requirements for test organisms and biological indicators intended for use in assessing the performance of sterilizers employing pure ethylene oxide gas or admixtures of the gas with diluent gases at sterilizing temperatures within the range of 20 °C to 65 °C.</p>

## Source

- https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv

Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01.
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