Standard Specification for Disposable Glass Culture Tubes

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Hardcopy , PDF

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English

Published date

02-02-2021

Publisher

American Society for Testing and Materials

1.1This specification covers the requirements for disposable glass tubes suitable for general testing and culturing applications in blood banks, hematology, bacteriology, virology, and tissue culture laboratories.

1.2For practical purposes, the word “disposable” according to this specification and expected product performance expressed in this specification describes those disposable glass culture tubes that are to be used one time only. Any institution or individual who reuses a disposable glass culture tube must bear full responsibility for its safety and effectiveness.

1.3For packaging standards, choose among the following: Specifications E920 or E921 or Practice E1133.

1.4This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

Committee	E 41
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	2
PublisherName	American Society for Testing and Materials
Status	Current
Supersedes	ASTM E 890 : 1994 : R2015

ASTM E 921 : 1997 : R2022	Standard Specification for Export Packaged Laboratory Apparatus
ASTM E 438 : 1992 : R2018	Standard Specification for Glasses in Laboratory Apparatus
ASTM E 1133 : 1986 : R2022	Standard Practice for Performance Testing of Packaged Laboratory Apparatus for United States Government Procurements
ASTM E 671 : 1998 : R2022	Standard Specification for Maximum Permissible Thermal Residual Stress in Annealed Glass Laboratory Apparatus
ASTM E 438 : 1992 : R2024	Standard Specification for Glasses in Laboratory Apparatus
ASTM E 921 : 1997 : R2016	Standard Specification for Export Packaged Laboratory Apparatus
ASTM E 1133 : 1986 : R2016	Standard Practice for Performance Testing of Packaged Laboratory Apparatus for United States Government Procurements
ASTM C 148 : 2017 : R2022	Standard Test Methods for Polariscopic Examination of Glass Containers
ASTM E 671 : 1998 : R2016	Standard Specification for Maximum Permissible Thermal Residual Stress in Annealed Glass Laboratory Apparatus
ASTM C 148 : 2017	Standard Test Methods for Polariscopic Examination of Glass Containers