IS 18468 : Part 5 : 2024 Washer-Disinfectors - Part 5 Performance Requirements and Test Method Criteria for Demonstrating Cleaning Efficacy (ISO 15883-5 : 2021, MOD)
(Superseding IS/ISO/TS 15883-5 : 2005)
NATIONAL FOREWORD
This Indian Standard (Part 5) which is Modified adoption to ISO 15883-5 : 2021 'Washer-disinfectors - Part 5: Performance requirements and test method criteria for demonstrating cleaning efficacy' issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Hospital Equipment and Surgical Disposal Sectional Committee and after approval of the Medical Equipment and Hospital Planning Division Council.
This Indian Standard supersedes IS/ISO/TS 15883-5 : 2005 which was published in 2019 as an Identical adoption of ISO/TS 15883-5 : 2005. After publication of this standard, IS/ISO/TS 15883-5 : 2005 stands withdrawn.
The text of ISO standard, has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without deviations. Certain conventions are however not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following:
a) Wherever the words 'International Standard' appear referring to this standard, they should be read as 'Indian Standard'; and
b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker while in Indian Standards, the current practice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.