BS 6314:1990

Committees responsible
Foreword
Specification
Section 1. General requirements
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Freedom from particulate contamination
4 Materials and biological requirements
5 Conical fittings
6 Packagings
7 Labelling
Section 2. Sterile, fine-bore naso-enteric tubes
8 Size designation
9 Dimensions
10 Conical fittings
11 Eyes
12 Mechanical properties
13 Surface finish
14 Distance mark
15 Introducers
Section 3. Introducers
16 Dimensions and design
17 Tensile strength and security of end stop
18 Ease of withdrawal
Section 4. Giving sets
19 General
20 Pump inserts
21 Burettes
22 Conical fittings
23 Marking
Section 5. Adaptors and extension sets
24 Conical fittings
25 Marking
Section 6. Nutrient containers
26 General
27 Connection to giving set
28 Graduations
29 Provision for labelling
30 Marking
Appendices
A Guidance on design and materials
B Symbol for 'DO NOT RE-USE'
C Test for tensile strength of tube
D Test for security of union of conical fitting and
    free end of tube
E Test for tensile strength and security of end stop
F Test for ease of withdrawal of introducer
Table
1 Size and scale intervals for burettes
Figures
1 Interconnectability of giving sets and tubes, with
    or without the use of adaptors/extension sets
2 Male anti-intravenous (anti-i.v.) fitting
3 Graduated scales for burettes
4 Conical fittings of adaptors and extension sets
5 ISO symbol for 'do no re-use', number ISO 7000/1051
6 Test rig for testing ease of withdrawal introducer

Requirements for fine-bore tubes for continuous naso-enteric feeding, and for ancillary equipment (introducers, giving sets, nutrient containers adaptors and extension sets). Does not cover tubes of greater than 3 mm inside diameter.