Piston-operated volumetric apparatus — Part 1: Terminology, general requirements and user recommendations

This document specifies general requirements for piston-operated volumetric apparatus (POVA). It is applicable to pipettes, burettes, dilutors, dispensers and manually operated precision laboratory syringes. It furthermore defines terms for the use of piston-operated volumetric apparatus and gives user recommendations.

This document does not apply to medical products intended for use on humans, e.g. for medical syringes.