CSA ISO 11607-2:21

CSA Preface This is the second edition of CSA ISO 11607-2, Packaging for terminally sterilized medical devices — Part 2: Validation requirements for forming, sealing and assembly processes , which is an adoption without modification of the identically titled ISO (International Organization for Standardization) Standard 11607-2 (second edition, 2019-02). It supersedes the previous edition, published in 2016 as CAN/CSA-ISO 11607-2 (adopted ISO 11607-2:2006, including Amendment 1:2014). CSA Group acknowledges that the adoption of this Standard was made possible, in part, by the financial support of the governments of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and Yukon, as administered by the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH). This Standard has been developed in compliance with StandardDetails Council of Canada requirements for National StandardDetails of Canada. It has been published as a National Standard of Canada by CSA Group. Scope This document specifies requirements for the development and validation of processes for packaging medical devices that are terminally sterilized. These processes include forming, sealing and assembly of preformed sterile barrier systems, sterile barrier systems and packaging systems. It is applicable to industry, to health care facilities, and to wherever medical devices are packaged and sterilized. It does not cover all requirements for packaging medical devices that are manufactured aseptically. Additional requirements can be necessary for drug/device combinations.