"Standard Practice for Determination of Real Time Expiration Dating of Mature Medical Gloves Stored Under Typical Warehouse Conditions"

This practice provides a study design for determining shelf life of medical gloves using product in its final packaging configuration that has been stored under typical warehouse conditions.

A definitive set of instructions for performing one or more specific operations that does not produce a test result: Examples of practices include, but are not limited to, application, assessments, cleaning, collection, decontamination, inspections, installation, preparation, sampling, screening, and training.

All equipment and/or accessories (whether or not detachable) designed and manufactured specifically to protect the arm and/or the hand this includes all garments protecting the hand or part of the hand, including gloves, fingerless gloves, mittens, garments protecting the fingers only or the palm only, etc. Potential hazards include skin absorption of harmful substances, chemical or thermal burns, electrical dangers, bruises, abrasions, cuts, punctures, fractures and amputations.

• Medical gloves

• Physical

• Temperature

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ASTM D5250 - 19(2023) - Standard Specification for poly(vinyl chloride) gloves for medical application

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ASTM D7160 - 16(2023) - Standard Practice for Determination of Expiration Dating for Medical Gloves