A-A-51832
13 May 1987
COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION
BANDAGE, ADHESIVE
The General Services Administration has authorized the use of this Commercial Item Description in preference to (Size 3/4 by 3 inches) and (Size 1 by 3 inches) Bandage of Interim Federal Specification DDD-B-0035C (GSA-FSS) dated 30 December 1971.
This Commercial Item Description covers a sterile adhesive bandage, suitable for use on minor abrasions, cuts, or wounds.
Salient characteristics:
The bandage shall be a sterile individual bandage, suitable for use on minor abrasions, cuts or wounds.
The adhesive strip shall be a plastic film, nominally 3 inches long, flesh colored or clear. The adhesive strip shall be perforated where the compress is attached, with perforations of the same size, frequency and spacing pattern; the remainder of the adhesive strip may be similarly perforated. The corners or ends of the adhesive strip shall be rounded.
The adhesive strip shall have a minimum breaking strength of 3.5 pounds per inch after perforating, when tested in accordance with Federal Test Method Standard No. 191, Method 5102, except the specimen shall be the adhesive bandage full length with the facing material peeled off. The adhesive strip when applied to the skin shall adhere firmly.
The size of each bandage and its compress shall be as specified in Table I, with the additional requirements that the compress shall be centrally affixed to the bandage adhesive strip and shall not overhang the edges of the strip.
Table I.
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Bandage Nominal Size |
Bandage Minimum Dimensions-Inches |
Compress Minimum Dimensions-Inches |
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Inches |
Width |
Length |
Width |
Length |
Size |
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3/4 by 3 |
11/16 |
2-27/32 |
9/16 |
7/8 |
1 |
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1 by 3 |
15/16 |
2-27/32 |
13/16 |
7/8 |
2 |
DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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