ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 21171 First edition 2006-05-01 Medical gloves Determination of removable surface powder Gants a usage médical - Détermination de la poudre de surface amovible Reference number ISO 21171:2006(E) @ ISO 2006 by IHS under lic ted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 21171:2006(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF fle can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by IsO member bodies. In the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below. ?ISO2006 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, IsO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56. CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ ISO 2006 - All rights reserved edwithoutlicense from IHS Not for Resale ISO 21171:2006(E) Contents Page Foreword Introduction 1 Scope 2 Principle. 3 Terms and definitions 4 Apparatus 5 Reagents 6 Sampling .... 7 Method A Procedure for powdered gloves... 8 Calculation of the result (method A)... 6 Methods B and C Procedure for “powder-free" gloves 10 Precision.. 6 11 Test report Bibliography CopyrghtInternationalOrganizaionsadardizaoghtsreserved ii nse from IHS Not for Resale ISO 21171:2006(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with isO, also take part in the work. iso collaborates closely with the InternationalElectrotechnicalCommission(lEC)onallmattersofelectrotechnicalstandardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2 The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO 21171 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 45, Rubber and rubber products, Subcommittee SC 3, Raw materials (including latex) for use in the rubber industry. This International Standard is based on AsTM D 6124-01, Standard Test Method for Residual Powder on Medical Gloves, copyright ASTM, used with permission of ASTM. For the purposes of this International Standard, the CEN annex regarding fulfilment of European Council Directives has been removed. ISO 2006 - All rights reserved ional Organization for Standardizatior ISO 21171:2006(E) Introduction Depending on their method of manufacture, some medical gloves can have on their surface a small amount of powder, normally modified corn-starch, which is intended to assist donning. Current thinking is that the presence of excessive amounts of such powder can present a health hazard. The methods for the determination of removable surface powder in this Internati