Pharmaceutical Microbiology Manual
Chapter 8: Bioburden Estimation for Medical Devices
Download 1.15 Mb. Pdf ko'rish
|
ORA.007 Pharmaceutical Microbiology Manual
- Bu sahifa navigatsiya:
- Revised: 25 Aug 2020 Title: Pharmaceutical Microbiology Manual
12. Chapter 8: Bioburden Estimation for Medical Devices
According to FDA Compliance program 7382.845, Inspections of Medical Device Manufacturers, Part IV, - “Bioburden testing is to be performed in accordance with the guidance provided in ISO 11737-1, Sterilization of medical devices – Microbiological methods – Part I: Estimation of population of microorganisms on products. The methodology used for estimating the bioburden is to be validated. Twenty units are to be tested.” 1 The term “bioburden” is commonly used to describe the population of microorganisms present on unsterilized material or products. The bioburden F OOD AND D RUG A DMINISTRATION O FFICE OF R EGULATORY A FFAIRS Office of Regulatory Science Document Number: ORA.007 Revision #: 02 Revised: 25 Aug 2020 Title: Pharmaceutical Microbiology Manual Page 60 of 92 For the most current and official copy, check QMiS. quantity and types of bioburden organisms present can impact the sterilization process of the material or product. It is important to develop procedures which provide accurate, precise, and reproducible measurement of the bioburden population associated with the material or product. There are several approaches to remove microorganisms from a medical device. Some examples of these recovery methods include: filtration followed by plating; ultrasonic/shaking followed by filtration then placing on an agar medium; stomaching/rinsing/flushing followed by filtration and plating on an agar medium; if all else fails perform a direct swabbing or contact plate. The bioburden estimation of a medical device generally consists of four distinct stages: 1. Collection of microorganisms from the medical device. (See Annex A and B) 2. Enumeration of the collection sample containing recovered microorganisms. 3. Bioburden characterization. 4. Application of the correction factor(s) determined during bioburden recovery studies in order to calculate the bioburden estimate from the raw presterilization count. The correction factor is derived from the determination of the recovery efficiency of a method. The calculation of a correction factor is illustrated in Appendix C, Section C.2. It is not possible to define a single microbial collection technique because of the wide variety of materials used in health care products. Furthermore, the selection of conditions for enumeration will be influenced by the types of microbial contamination which may be anticipated. The current method “ANSI/AAMI/ISO 11737-1:2018/(R) 2011 sterilization of health care products – Microbiological methods – Part 1: Determination of the population of microorganisms on product” has the latest revisions and provides a great deal of information that will guide an analyst to the method needed for a particular type of product. Annex A contains a decision tree “that addresses designing a bioburden method based on the nature of the product being tested and includes guidance for choosing such things as agitation techniques or filtration versus direct plating.” 2 Annex A also addresses the procedures (repetitive recovery method, product inoculation method) available for the validation of the method for determining bioburden. |
Ma'lumotlar bazasi mualliflik huquqi bilan himoyalangan ©fayllar.org 2024
ma'muriyatiga murojaat qiling
ma'muriyatiga murojaat qiling