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Each year, approximately 400,000 healthcare workers (HCW) in the United States suffer accidental injury from needles and other medical sharps while tending to patients. These injuries can result from injections, drips, infusions, blood-taking, surgery, biopsy and research, among other causes. Each of these accidents carries a small but documented risk of transmitting more than 60 blood-borne…
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Producers of fluorocarbons are invited to join in the ongoing standards developing activities of ASTM International Committee D26 on Halogenated Organic Solvents and Fire Extinguishing Agents. The committee has recently approved a new standard, ASTM D7509 , Specification for Fluorocarbon Feedstock Grade Chloroform, under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee D26.08 on Halogenated Organics Used as…
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Participation is welcome in a task group that is developing a proposed new ASTM International standard for manufacturers of vascular graft tissue engineered medical products. WK21657 , Guide for Characterization and Assessment of Vascular Graft Tissue Engineered Medical Products (TEMPs), is being developed by a task group under the jurisdiction of subcommittee F04.04 on Tissue Engineered Medical…
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Subcommittees F04.41 - F04.46 , which deal with Tissue Engineered Medical Products (TEMPs), part of ASTM International Committee F04 on Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices, will meet Oct. 27-28 at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, United Kingdom. The meeting will focus on the ongoing development of several proposed TEMPs-related standards. Several TEMPS standards are…
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A new ASTM International standard provides testing procedures for devices that can be used to treat spinal disorders while allowing for continued joint movement. The standard, ASTM F2624 , Test Method for Static, Dynamic and Wear Assessment of Extra-Discal Spinal Motion-Preserving Implants, was developed by Subcommittee F04.25 on Spinal Devices, part of ASTM International Committee F04 on Medical…
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Finding ways to assure the quality and safe handling of fire extinguishing agents has led to the development of two new ASTM International standards, D 7323 , Practice for Handling, Transportation and Storage of IG-100 (Nitrogen), and D 7325 , Practice for Handling, Transportation and Storage of IG-541, N2, Ar, CO2. The new standards were developed by Subcommittee D26.09 on Fire Extinguishing…
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Providing users with an assurance of quality and ensuring the safe handling, transport and storage of fire extinguishing agents are the purposes of a new ASTM International standard, D 7327 , Specification for HFC Blend B (CH2FCF3, CHF2CF3 and CO2). The new standard was developed by Subcommittee D26.09 on Fire Extinguishing Agents, which is part of ASTM International Committee D26 on Halogenated…
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Technical advancements in both tissue engineering and bone substitute materials have resulted in a great increase in the number of tissue-engineered medical products available on the market. Many of these new products are mineral-based, often using calcium phosphate scaffolds. While there are some general standards on scaffolds in tissue-engineered medical products, a comprehensive standard on…
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ASTM International Committee F04 on Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices is developing a proposed new standard that will help the medical device industry with the measurement and reporting of vascular stent radial stiffness and strength. The proposed standard, WK15227 , Test Methods for Radial Stiffness and Strength of Balloon Expandable Stents, is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee F04…
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Subcommittee G02.10 on Erosion by Solids and Liquids, part of ASTM International Committee G02 on Wear and Erosion, is interested in hearing from anyone who uses cavitation erosion testing in their work. The objective of this survey is to help the subcommittee determine the current degree of interest in and importance of cavitation erosion test methods. The subcommittee is especially interested…