A-A-53401
1 April 1988
COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION
BANDAGE ELASTIC
The General Services Administration has authorized the use of this Commercial Item Description in Deference to Bandage. Cotton, Elastic of Military specification MIL-B~37163 dated 4 June 1975.
This Commercial Item Description covers an elastic adhesive bandage capable of causing compression and suitable for binding where pressure is required.
Salient Characteristics:
Type I:
The bandage shall be a roll of elastic adhesive bandage suitable for securing large bulky wound dressings and for binding where pressure is required. The 1 inch size is suitable as a fixation device for external catheters.
Each bandage shall be one continuous piece and shall be evenly and neatly rolled with the adhesive mass to the inside, on a suitable rigid core of approximately 1-1/4 inch diameter. The bandage shall be free of ravelings and loose threads.
Each bandage shall be capable of being stretched in the warp direction without mechanical force, to a minimum length of 5 yards, and testing for stretch shall be determined by stretching manually. The bandage shall be a minimum of 3 yards unstretched. After the fabric backing has been stretched in the warp direction and then released, the fabric shall return to is approximate original relaxed condition.
The fabric backing shall be all virgin cotton, crimped weave, with leno or slit edges, and having a minimum thread count of 39 in the warp direction and 32 in the fill direction. Both warp and fill yarns shall be combed or carded peeler cotton having a nominal staple length of 1-1/16 inch. The backing fabric shall have a minimum weight of 7 ounces per square yard and the color of the fabric shall be off-white (natural) or light tan.
DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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