A-A-54193
1 July 1990
COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION
PAD, POST-SURGICAL-OBSTETRICAL, BELTLESS,
POSTPARTUM OR POSTOPERATIVE
The General Services Administration has authorized the use of this Commercial Item Description.
This commercial item description covers a post-partum, post-operative, beltless pad.
Salient characteristics.
Shall be a clean, beltless, extra absorbent pereneal pad having a minimum length of 13 inches and a minimum width of 3 inches. The pad shall be suitable for post-partum patients and post-operative vaginal/rectal patients.
The filler shall be absorbent cellulose fibers. The cellulose fibers (fluff) shall be bleached white chemical wood pulp which shall be relatively free from impurities and foreign matter. Other extra absorbent fibers and bleached absorbent creped cellulose may be used in combination with the cellulose fibers. The absorbent fibers shall be contained so that they shall not penetrate the pad covering. The entire filler shall be free of any water soluble coloring matter. The filler shall not bunch or separate during use.
The pad shall be completely wrapped and completely sealed with a soft nonwoven polypropylene based fiber fabric with the fiber having a minimum denier of four. The filler shall be completely contained within the pad. The dry breaking strength of the nonwoven fabric cover shall be a minimum of 5 pounds in the machine direction and a minimum of 3 pounds in the cross direction when tested by ASTM D2208-80. The minimum weight of the nonwoven fabric cover shall be 0.70 ounces per square yard. The side of the pad opposite the patient side shall contain a sheet of soft plastic just under the nonwoven fabric cover and the sheet of soft plastic shall be a barrier against strike-through drainage.
DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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