Designation:F2132−01(Reapproved2008)´1StandardSpecificationforPunctureResistanceofMaterialsUsedinContainersforDiscardedMedicalNeedlesandOtherSharps1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF2132;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ε1NOTE—EditorialchangesweremadethroughoutinJune2008.1.Scope1.1Thepurposeofthisspecificationistoprovideatestprocedureandperformancerequirementforthepunctureresistanceofmaterialsusedintheconstructionofcontainersfordiscardedmedicalneedlesandothersharps.Thistestspecificationwillestablish(1)theaveragepunctureforceand(2)aminimumvalueofpunctureforcethatcontainermateri-al(s)mustwithstandwhenfollowingthetestprocedurede-scribedinSection6.Thisspecificationshallbeapplicabletoregionsofuniformmaterialandthickness,andneedlecontactareasasdefinedin3.1.7and3.1.9.MaterialsmeetingtheperformancerequirementsofSection4shallbeconsidered“puncture-resistant.”Thisspecificationdoesnotevaluatetheconstructionof,orprovidepass/failcriteriafor,asharpscontainer.1.2Thisspecificationprovidesatestproceduretodetermineifallregionsofonecontainermeetthematerialpunctureresistancerequirements.Itdoesnotdefinethenumberofadditionaltestcontainersrequiredtoachieveastatisticallyvalidsampleofamanufacturinglotorprocess.Anappropriatesamplingplanshallbedeterminedbythetestrequester,asthisdependsuponthemanufacturingprocessvariability,manufac-turinglotsize,andotherfactors,suchasend-userrequire-ments.1.3Thisspecificationisintendedtoevaluatetheperfor-manceofmaterialsusedintheconstructionormanufactureofsharpscontainersundercontrolledlaboratoryconditions,andatnormalroomtemperature(see6.1).(Warning—Thisspeci-ficationonlycharacterizesmaterialpunctureresistanceatnormalroomtemperatures.Applicationsofsharpscontainersoutsidetherangeof2362°C(suchasusageinemergencyvehicles)re...
