A-A-50811
August 5, 1981
COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION
ADHESIVE TAPE, SURGICAL, 1 inch by 1-1/2 yards, 100s
This commercial item description covers a short length, adhesive tape which shall be suitable for use in medical and surgical procedures.
Salient characteristics:
The tape shall be a hypo-reactive, porous, pressure-sensitive, surgical adhesive tape manufactured entirely of synthetics. The adhesive tape shall be capable of being torn by hand across its width, shall be resistant to water, shall be coated on one side with adhesive and shall not cause adverse reactions with human skin, either physically or chemically. The adhesive tape shall be one inch wide and shall have a useable length of one and one half yards shall be evenly wound with the adhesive mass to the inside, on a paper core having an inside diameter of one inch. The adhesive tape shall meet the requirements of Adhesive Tape, U.S.P., except for tensile strength and adhesive strength as noted below. The backing material shall be ethylene/vinyl acetate and the backing shall be perforated and clear. The adhesive shall be acrylic and shall be clear.
Performance. The adhesive tape shall comply with the following requirements.
|
Property |
Requirement |
Method |
|
Tensile breaking strength, pound/inch of width |
3.5 minimum |
34.2 1/ |
|
Ultimate elongation: percent |
50 minimum |
34.2 1/ |
|
Adhesion to steel ounces per inch of width |
15 minimum |
10.2 1/ |
|
Porosity, seconds |
500 maximum |
D726-59-A 2/ |
|
Unwind (0z./in.) |
20 maximum |
80.2 1/ |
1/ Federal Test Method Standard 147.
2/ American Society for Testing and Materials.
Resistance to water. After rolls of adhesive tape are soaked in water for 72 hours then dried for 24 hours at room temperature the tape shall comply the unwind and adhesion to steel requirements.
Inspection/test dating period. The inspection test dating period shall be 36 months. Not more than 3 months shall have elapsed from the date of manufacture of the adhesive tape to the date of delivery to the Government.
Workmanship. The end item shall be uniform in quality and free from foreign matter and any defects that will affect life, serviceability, or appearance.
Packaging and packing quantities. Unit. Box (BX). One box containing one hundred wounds strips tape, as specified, constitutes one unit. Shipping container shall contain five units.
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