Cleanroom standards being produced for world use by the International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee 209 are progressing.
The defined development stages carry prefixes as follows:
| WD | Working Draft. | Circulation of developing document within the Working Group set up by the ISO/TC209 Committee |
| CD | Committee Draft. | Circulation of approved Working Draft within ISO/TC209 for approval and or comments by the National Technical Bodies of the participating countries (British Standards Institution in the case of the United Kingdom). |
| DIS | Draft International Standard. | Circulation of the ISO-approved Committee Draft by ISO for public enquiry in all ISO member countries. |
| FDIS | Final Draft International Standard. | Circulation of approved DIS for final vote. |
| ISO 14644-1 | Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments, Part 1:Classification of air cleanliness. | ISO 14644-1: 1999 has been published. |
| ISO 14644-2 | Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments, Part 2:Specifications for testing and monitoring to prove continued compliance with ISO 14644-1. | This draft is in translation for issue as FDIS 14644-2. |
| ISO 14644-3 | Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments, Part 3:Metrology and test methods. | This draft has been issued as CD 14644-3. |
| ISO 14644-4 | Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments, Part 4:Design, construction and start-up. | This draft is in preparation for issue as FDIS 14644-4. |
| ISO 14644-5 | Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments, Part 5:Operations. | This draft has been agreed for issue as CD 14644-5. |
| ISO 14644-6 | Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments, Part 6:Terms and Definitions. | Document under development. |
| ISO 14644-7 | Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments, Part 7:Minienvironments and isolators. | This draft has been issued as CD 14644-7. |
| ISO 14698-1 | Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments, Biocontamination Control, Part 1: General principles. | This draft has been issued as DIS 14698-1 |
| ISO 14698-2 | Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments, Biocontamination Control, Part 2: Evaluation and interpretation of biocontamination data. | This draft has been issued as DIS 14698-2 |
| ISO 14698-3 | Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments, Biocontamination Control, Part 3: Methodology for measuring the efficiency of processes of cleaning and/or disinfection of inert surfaces bearing biocontaminated wet soiling or biofilms. | This draft has been issued as DIS 14698-3 |
| DIS 14644-2 | Public comment terminated on 30th October, 1998, but the draft is still publicly available. | No further comments on this draft will be accommodated. |
| CD 14644-4 | Public comment terminated on 27th March, 1997 but the Draft is still publicly available. DIS 146444 has now also been issued. | No further comments on this draft will be accommodated. |
| CD 14698-1 | Public comment terminated on 30th November, 1996 but the Draft is still publicly available. DIS 14698-1 has now also been issued. | Any further comments received at this stage may not necessarily be accommodated. |
| CD 14698-2 | Public comment terminated on 30th November, 1996 but the Draft is still publicly available. DIS 14698-2 has now also been issued. | Any further comments received at this stage may not necessarily be accommodated. |
| CD 14698-3 | Public comment terminated on 30th November, 1996 but the Draft is still publicly available. DIS 14698-3 has now also been issued. | Any further comments received at this stage may not necessarily be accommodated. |
| ENV 1631:1996: Cleanroom Technology, Design, construction and operation of cleanrooms and clean air devices. This is a published European pre-standard available from BSI as DD [Draft for Development] ENV 1631 1996. It will be superseded when 14644-4 and 14644-5 are published. |
| ISO 14644-1:1999 has been implemented as EN ISO 14644-1:1999, for publication by the national standards bodies that are members of CEN (see below for United Kingdom). |
| DIS 14644-2, DIS 14644-4, DIS 14698-1, DIS 14698-2 and DIS 14698-3 have also been issued in parallel by CEN as prEN ISO 14644-2, prEN ISO 14644-4, prEN ISO 14698-1, prEN ISO 14698-2 and prEN ISO 14698-3 respectively. |
| EN ISO 14644-1 :1999 has been published in the United Kingdom as BS EN ISO 14644-1:1999. |
| Parts 1 and 4 of BS 5295 have been withdrawn, while amendments to Parts 0, 2 and 3 of BS 5295 are in preparation. |
| PD 6609:1996, In situ aerosol testing of HEPA filters, which was prepared originally as a supplement to BS 5295-1, will also be subject to change. |
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