BS EN 14079:2003 – Non-active medical devices — Performance requirements and test methods for absorbent cotton gauze and absorbent cotton and viscose gauze
1 Scope
This standard describes the requirements and test methods for absorbent cotton gauze and absorbent cotton and viscose gauzes. The standard does not consider gauzes impregnated with a pharmaceutical substance.
2 Normative references
This standard contains no normative references
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this European Standard the following terms and definitions apply:
3.1
absorbent cotton gauze
cotton cloth of plain weave, bleached to a good white and purified, being white and practically odourless, containing not more than slight traces of leaf, pericap seed-coat or other impurities and reasonably free from weaving defects
3.2
absorbent cotton ribbon gauze
woven cloth supplied in continuous ribbons of various widths with fast selvedges, made from cotton threads that www. bzfxw. com
are purified, bleached and made absorbent either before or after weaving, being white and practically odourless,containing not more than slight traces of leaf, pericap seed-coat or other impurities and reasonably free from weaving defects
3.3
absorbent cotton and viscose ribbon gauze
woven cloth supplied in continuous ribbons of various widths with fast selvedges, having in the warp cotton threads and in the weft viscose threads or combined cotton and viscose threads, made from threads that are purified,bleached and made absorbent either before or after weaving, being white and practically odourless, containing not more than slight traces of leaf, pericarp seed-coat or other impurities and reasonably free from weaving defects
4 Requirements
4.1 Fibre Identification
4.1.1 Absorbent cotton gauze and absorbent cotton ribbon gauze
When tested according to 5.2.1 the cotton fibres shall conform to the IDENT tests A, B and C.
4.1.2 Absorbent cotton and viscose ribbon gauze
When tested according to 5.2.2 the cotton fibres shall conform to the IDENT tests A and C and the viscose fibres shall conform to IDENT test B.
If it is necessary to differentiate between lustrous or matt viscose, the IDENT test D shall be used.
4.2 Acidity and alkalinity
When tested according to 5.3 neither solution shall be pink.
BS EN 14079:2003 – Non-active medical devices — Performance requirements and test methods for absorbent cotton gauze and absorbent cotton and viscose gauze