The Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1195 of 19 July 2021 on the harmonised standards for in vitro diagnostic medical devices drafted in support of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council has been published.
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Article 8 of the IVDR
In accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council, devices that are in conformity with the relevant harmonised standards, or the relevant parts of those standards, thereferences of which have been published in the OfficialJournal of the European Union, are to be presumed to be in conformity with the requirements of that Regulation covered by those standards or parts thereof.
References of harmonised standards
The references of harmonised standards for in vitro diagnostic medical devices drafted in support of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 and listed in the Annex to this Decision are hereby published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
They are as follows:
| Number | Reference of the standard |
|---|---|
| 1 | EN ISO 11135:2014 Sterilization of health-care products – Ethylene oxide – Requirements for the development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices (ISO 11135:2014) EN ISO 11135:2014/A1:2019 |
| 2 | EN ISO 11137-1:2015 Sterilization of health care products – Radiation – Part 1: Requirements for development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices (ISO 11137-1:2006, including Amd 1:2013) EN ISO 11137-1:2015/A2:2019 |
| 3 | EN ISO 11737-2:2020 Sterilization of health care products – Microbiological methods – Part 2: Tests of sterility performed in the definition, validation and maintenance of a sterilization process (ISO 11737-2:2019) |
| 4 | EN ISO 25424:2019 Sterilization of health care products – Low temperature steam and formaldehyde – Requirements for development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices (ISO 25424:2018) |
Sources:
Eurlex