# ISO/TS 13004:2013 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO/TS 13004:2013, item title is Sterilization of health care products — Radiation — Substantiation of selected sterilization dose: Method VDmaxSD; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 13004:2022; withdrawn / published date is 2013-05-06, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO/TS 13004:2013 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Sterilization of health care products — Radiation — Substantiation of selected sterilization dose: Method VDmaxSD _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO 13004:2022 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 2013-05-06 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 52320,TS,,ISO/TS 13004:2013,Sterilization of health care products — Radiation — Substantiation of selected sterilization dose: Method VDmaxSD,Stérilisation des produits de santé — Irradiation — Justification de la dose de stérilisation choisie: méthode VDmaxSD,2013-05-06,1,['11.080.01'],ISO/TC 198,9599,,[82297],['en'],57,"

ISO/TS 13004:2013 describes a method for substantiating a selected sterilization dose of 17,5, 20, 22,5, 27,5, 30, 32,5 or 35 kGy that achieves a sterility assurance level (SAL) of 10−6 or less for radiation sterilization of health care products. ISO/TS 13004:2013 also specifies a method of sterilization dose audit used to demonstrate the continued effectivene ## 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 Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).