ISO 8872:2022
Aluminium caps and aluminium/plastic caps for infusion bottles and injection vials - General requirements and test methods
This document specifies general requirements and test methods for aluminium caps and aluminium/plastic caps intended for use on infusion bottles and/or injection vials.
This document specifies general requirements and test methods for aluminium caps and aluminium/plastic caps intended for use on infusion bottles and/or injection vials.
ISO 8872:2003 specifies general requirements and test methods for aluminium caps for injection vials, and for infusion and transfusion bottles.
ISO 10985:2009 specifies general requirements and test methods for caps made of aluminium-plastics combinations in accordance with ISO 8536-7 or ISO 8362-6 intended for use respectively on infusion bottles as specified in ISO 8536-1 and/or injection bottles as specified in ISO 8362-1 and ISO 8362-4. The purpose of ISO 10985:2009 is to specify caps that provide: guarantee of originality of the closure up to the point of administration; compression of the sealing element (rubber closure) on to the sealing surfaces of the infusion and/or injection bottles; protection of the sealing element against soiling and mechanical damage; simple and injury-free opening of the closure in order to expose the penetration area of the rubber closure and/or to permit total removal of the cap.
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