Abstract / scope
Specifies requirements (cleanliness, limits for acidity and alkalinity, limits for extractable metals, lubricant, tolerance on graduated capacity, graduated scale, barrel, piston/plunger assembly, nozzle, performance, packaging, labelling) for sterile single-use hypodermic syringes made of plastic materials and intended for the aspiration of fluids or for the injection of fluids immediately after filling. Excludes e.g. syringes for use with insulin, single-use syringes made of glass.