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BS EN ISO 15883-1:2025 Washer-disinfectors - General requirements, terms and definitions and tests, 2025
- undefined [Go to Page]
- Annex ZA (informative)Relationship between this European Standard the General Safety and Performance Requirements of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 aimed to be covered
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions
- 4 Performance requirements [Go to Page]
- 4.1 General
- 4.2 Cleaning [Go to Page]
- 4.2.1 General
- 4.2.2 Pre-wash flushing stage
- 4.2.3 Washing stage
- 4.2.4 Rinsing stage
- 4.3 Disinfection [Go to Page]
- 4.3.1 Thermal disinfection
- 4.3.2 Chemical disinfection
- 4.4 Final rinsing
- 4.5 Drying
- 4.6 Process chemicals
- 4.7 Self-disinfection
- 5 Mechanical and process requirements [Go to Page]
- 5.1 Materials, design and manufacture/construction [Go to Page]
- 5.1.1 Materials
- 5.1.2 Design and manufacture/construction
- 5.1.3 Load carrier(s)
- 5.2 Safety
- 5.3 Tanks
- 5.4 Loading and unloading doors and their controls [Go to Page]
- 5.4.1 General
- 5.4.2 Control of manually operated doors
- 5.4.3 Control of doors of a double-ended WD
- 5.4.4 Internal doors and access ports
- 5.4.5 Continuous process machine without doors
- 5.5 Pipework and fittings
- 5.6 Spray systems
- 5.7 Dosing systems
- 5.8 Load temperature protection
- 5.9 Process temperature control limits
- 5.10 Switches, gauges and indicating devices
- 5.11 Process verification
- 5.12 Instrumentation and controls
- 5.13 Temperature indicating systems
- 5.14 Pressure indicating systems
- 5.15 Volume/flow indicating devices
- 5.16 Timing equipment
- 5.17 Operating cycle indicating equipment
- 5.18 Recording systems (if fitted) [Go to Page]
- 5.18.1 Cycle control recorders
- 5.18.2 Process verification system
- 5.19 Control systems
- 5.20 Override of automatic control
- 5.21 Microprocessor control systems
- 5.22 Fault indication systems
- 5.23 Water supply
- 5.24 Venting and drainage systems
- 5.25 Drainage
- 5.26 Air filters installed within the WD
- 5.27 Load handling and supports for use within the WD
- 5.28 Trolleys
- 5.29 Environment
- 6 Testing for conformity [Go to Page]
- 6.1 General [Go to Page]
- 6.1.1 Inter-relationship of tests
- 6.1.2 Conformity of WD, as supplied, with ISO 15883-1
- 6.1.3 Conformity of WD, as installed, with ISO 15883-1
- 6.1.4 Confirmation of validation
- 6.1.5 Requalification
- 6.1.6 Routine and periodic tests
- 6.2 Instrumentation for testing [Go to Page]
- 6.2.1 Temperature sensors
- 6.2.2 Temperature recording instruments
- 6.2.3 Calibration
- 6.3 Tests on doors, interlocks and fault indications [Go to Page]
- 6.3.1 Operating cycle start interlock
- 6.3.2 Door locking during operating cycle
- 6.3.3 Door interlocks on double-ended WD
- 6.3.4 Cycle complete door interlocks
- 6.3.5 Fault indication on sensor failure
- 6.3.6 Fault indication on service failure
- 6.3.7 Failed cycle interlock
- 6.3.8 Blocked drain protection
- 6.4 Tests on water quality and water volume [Go to Page]
- 6.4.1 General
- 6.4.2 Quality of final rinse water
- 6.4.3 Volume of water used per stage
- 6.4.4 Quality of water used during testing
- 6.5 Tests on pipework [Go to Page]
- 6.5.1 Estimation of dead volume pipework
- 6.5.2 Leakage
- 6.5.3 Free draining [chamber, load carrier(s), tanks]
- 6.5.4 Pipework flow to discharge point
- 6.5.5 Venting
- 6.5.6 Load contamination from ductwork of the WD
- 6.6 Tests on instrumentation fitted to the WD [Go to Page]
- 6.6.1 Verification of calibration
- 6.6.2 Legibility
- 6.7 Tests on load carrier(s) and trolleys [Go to Page]
- 6.7.1 Load carrier(s) used within the chamber
- 6.7.2 Trolleys
- 6.8 Thermometric tests [Go to Page]
- 6.8.1 General
- 6.8.2 Load and load carrier(s) temperature test during operating cycle
- 6.8.3 Chamber wall temperature test
- 6.8.4 Temperature tests on tanks
- 6.8.5 Load temperature protection
- 6.9 Chemical dosing tests [Go to Page]
- 6.9.1 Dispensed volume
- 6.9.2 Indication of insufficient process chemical for a cycle
- 6.10 Tests of cleaning efficacy [Go to Page]
- 6.10.1 General
- 6.10.2 Cleaning type test
- 6.10.3 Cleaning performance qualification test
- 6.10.4 Routine process monitoring
- 6.10.5 Tests for process residuals
- 6.11 Tests of air quality [Go to Page]
- 6.11.1 General
- 6.11.2 Procedure
- 6.11.3 Results
- 6.12 Test of load dryness [Go to Page]
- 6.12.1 General
- 6.12.2 Materials
- 6.12.3 Exterior surface drying
- 6.12.4 Lumen load drying
- 6.13 Test of automatic control [Go to Page]
- 6.13.1 General
- 6.13.2 Procedure
- 6.13.3 Results
- 7 Documentation
- 8 Information to be supplied [Go to Page]
- 8.1 General
- 8.2 Before delivery of the WD and for installation
- 8.3 At delivery of the WD
- 9 Marking, labelling and packaging [Go to Page]
- 9.1 Marking and labelling
- 9.2 Packaging
- 10 Information to be requested from the purchaser by the supplier of the WD
- Annex A (informative) Test programme
- Annex B (informative) A0 concept — Comparative lethality of moist heat processes
- Annex C (normative) Microbiological recovery medium for estimation of bacterial contamination of water
- Bibliography [Go to Page]
