Name: PREN ISO 13079 : DRAFT 2010
Brand: CEN

LABORATORY GLASS AND PLASTICS WARE - TUBES AND SUPPORT FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF ERYTHROCYTIC SEDIMENTATION RATE BY THE WESTERGREN METHOD

Published date

12-01-2013

Publisher

Comite Europeen de Normalisation

Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Single-use Westergren tubes
4 Re-usable Westergren tubes
5 Support for Westergren tubes
6 Graduation and figuring
7 Marking
8 Labelling
Annex A (normative) - Test for rigidity of a Westergren tube
Annex B (normative) - Test for contamination and interfering
        substances
Annex C (normative) - Test for straightness of a Westergren
        tube
Annex D (informative) - Measurement of the erythrocyte
        sedimentation rate by the Westergren reference
        method
Bibliography

Describes requirements for single-use and re-usable glass and plastic tubes for measuring the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) by the Westergren method, and for a support to hold tubes during the performance of the test.

Committee	TC 332
DocumentType	Draft
PublisherName	Comite Europeen de Normalisation
Status	Current

Standards	Relationship
10/30219700 DC : 0	Identical

ISO 720:1985	Glass Hydrolytic resistance of glass grains at 121 degrees C Method of test and classification
ISO 719:1985	Glass Hydrolytic resistance of glass grains at 98 degrees C Method of test and classification