# ISO 11737-3:2004 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 11737-3:2004, item title is Sterilization of medical devices — Microbiological methods — Part 3: Guidance on evaluation and interpretation of bioburden data; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 11737-1:2006; withdrawn / published date is 2004-07-13, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 11737-3:2004 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Sterilization of medical devices — Microbiological methods — Part 3: Guidance on evaluation and interpretation of bioburden data _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO 11737-1:2006
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 2004-07-13 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 33964,IS,,ISO 11737-3:2004,Sterilization of medical devices — Microbiological methods — Part 3: Guidance on evaluation and interpretation of bioburden data,Stérilisation des dispositifs médicaux — Méthodes microbiologiques — Partie 3: Lignes directrices sur l'évaluation et l'interprétation de données de charge biologique,2004-07-13,1,"['11.080.01','07.100.10']",ISO/TC 198,9599,,[38711],['en'],8,<p>ISO 11737-3:2004 provides guidance on evaluating and interpreting the data generated during routine monitoring of the microbiological quality of medical devices.</p><p>ISO 11737-3:2004 is not applicable to the use of bioburden data generated for establishing the extent of treatment to be applied in

## 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Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).