# ISO 11138-5:2006 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO 11138-5:2006, item title is Sterilization of health care products — Biological indicators — Part 5: Biological indicators for low-temperature steam and formaldehyde sterilization processes; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 11138-5:2017; withdrawn / published date is 2006-06-26, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO 11138-5:2006 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Sterilization of health care products — Biological indicators — Part 5: Biological indicators for low-temperature steam and formaldehyde sterilization processes _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO 11138-5:2017 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 2006-06-26 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 33960,IS,,ISO 11138-5:2006,Sterilization of health care products — Biological indicators — Part 5: Biological indicators for low-temperature steam and formaldehyde sterilization processes,Stérilisation des produits de santé — Indicateurs biologiques — Partie 5: Indicateurs biologiques pour la stérilisation à la vapeur d'eau et au formaldéhyde à basse température,2006-06-26,1,['11.080.01'],ISO/TC 198,9599,,[66448],"['en','fr']",7,"

ISO 11138-5:2006 provides specific requirements for test organisms, suspensions, inoculated carriers, biological indicators and test methods intended for use in assessing the performance of sterilization processes employing low-temperature steam and formaldehyde ## 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. Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).