BS 7320:1990
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Specification for sharps containers
Hardcopy , PDF
30-09-2012
English
29-06-1990
Committees responsible
Foreword
Specification
1. Scope
2. Construction
3. Resistance to penetration
4. Resistance to impact by vertical dropping and
resistance to leakage after dropping
5. Resistance to damage by toppling and resistance
to leakage after toppling
6. Colour
7. Marking
8. Information to be supplied by the manufacturer
Figure
1. Symbol for 'Caution, biological hazard'
Appendices
A. Method of test for security and strength of the
handle(s)
B. Method of test for security of attachment of
aperture closure devices
C. Method of test for resistance to penetration
D. Method of test for resistance to vertical dropping
and resistance to leakage after dropping
E. Method of test for resistance to damage by toppling
and resistance to leakage after toppling
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