NF EN ISO 23907

NF EN ISO 23907

October 2012
Standard Cancelled

Sharps injury protection - Requirements and test methods - Sharps containers

ISO 23907:2012 specifies requirements for single-use sharps containers intended to hold potentially hazardous sharps medical waste with or without sharps protection features, e.g. scalpel blades, trocars, hypodermic needles and syringes.It is applicable to sharps containers that are supplied complete by the manufacturer and those that are supplied as components intended to be assembled by the user.

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Publication date

October 2012

Number of pages

19 p.

Reference

NF EN ISO 23907

ICS Codes

11.040.99   Other medical equipment

Classification index

S93-077

Print number

1 - 09/10/2012

International kinship

European kinship

EN ISO 23907:2012
Sumary
Sharps injury protection - Requirements and test methods - Sharps containers

ISO 23907:2012 specifies requirements for single-use sharps containers intended to hold potentially hazardous sharps medical waste with or without sharps protection features, e.g. scalpel blades, trocars, hypodermic needles and syringes.

It is applicable to sharps containers that are supplied complete by the manufacturer and those that are supplied as components intended to be assembled by the user.

Standard replaced by (1)
NF EN ISO 23907-1
February 2019
Standard Current
Sharps injury protection - Requirements and test methods - Part : single-use sharps containers

This document specifies requirements for single-use sharps containers intended to hold potentially hazardous sharps medical waste with or without sharps protection features, e.g. scalpel blades, trocars, hypodermic needles and syringes. It is applicable to single-use sharps containers that are supplied complete by the manufacturer and to those that are supplied as components intended to be assembled by the user. It is not applicable to reusable sharps containers or to the outer containers used in the transportation of filled single-use sharps containers.

Table of contents
  • Avant-propos
    iv
  • Introduction
    v
  • 1 Domaine d'application
    1
  • 2 Références normatives
    1
  • 3 Termes et définitions
    1
  • 4 Exigences
    3
  • 4.1 Généralités
    3
  • 4.2 Construction
    3
  • 5 Méthodes d'essai
    4
  • 5.1 Stabilité du conteneur
    4
  • 5.2 Résistance de la ou des poignées de transport
    4
  • 5.3 Résistance à la pénétration
    4
  • 5.4 Résistance aux dommages et fuites provoqués par une chute
    5
  • 6 Étiquetage et marquage
    7
  • 7 Notice d'utilisation
    7
  • Annexe A (informative) Justificatif de la dimension du calibre d'aiguille et de la valeur de perforation
    9
  • Annexe B (informative) Recommandations relatives à la sélection des échantillons pour les essais de résistance à la pénétration
    10
  • Bibliographie
    11
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