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BS 3221-1:1985

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Medicine measures Specification for medicine measures of 50 ml total graduated capacity

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Language(s)

English

Published date

31-10-1985

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Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
1. Scope
2. Definition
3. Materials
4. Design
5. Hydrolytic resistance of glass measures
6. Capacity
7. Scale
8. Stability
9. Resistance to hot water
10. Rigidity
11. Marking
Appendices
A. Guidance for selection of plastics materials
B. Method for determination of capacity
C. Test for resistance to hot water
D. Determination of rigidity of plastics medicine
     measures
Figures
1. Examples of designs for 50 mL medicine measures
2. Scales for 50 mL medicine measures
3. Suitable apparatus for testing rigidity of plastics
     measures

Specifies requirements for materials, surface finish, tolerance on capacity, scale, stability, resistance to hot water, rigidity and marking of glass and plastics medicine measures of 50 mL capacity.

Committee
CH/100
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes BS 3221-3(1966) (10/2001) Supersedes 84/52445 DC, 86/52276 DC and BS 3221-1(1960). (07/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, December 2011. (11/2011)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
12
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

This Part of BS3221 specifies general design and performance requirements for medicine measures of 50mL total graduated capacity made from either glass or plastics materials.

NOTE The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.

BS 3221-7:1995 Medicine measures Specification for oral syringes delivering doses up to and including 5 ml

BS 1679-4:1969 Specification for containers for pharmaceutical dispensing Plastics containers for tablets and ointments
BS 3473-4:1983 Chemical resistance of glass used in the production of laboratory glassware Method for determination of hydrolytic resistance of the interior surfaces of glass containers
BS 846:1985 Specification for burettes
BS 1922:1969 Specification for dispensing measures for pharmaceutical purposes. Metric units

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