TZS 1252: Stainless steel needle tubing for manufacture of medical device

Specifies the dimensions, surface and mechanical properties of normal and thin-walled tubing of designated metric sizes 0.3 mm to 3.4 mm, and of extra-thin-walled tubing of designated metric sizes 0.6 mm to 2.1 mm. This Tanzania Standard does not specify stiffness properties for extra-thin-walled tubing of designated metric sizes 0.8 mm; 0.9 mm; 1.2 mm; 1.4 mm; 1.8 mm and 2.1 mm. It applies to rigid stainless steel needle tubing suitable for use in the manufacture of hypodermic needles and other medical devices primarily for human use. It does not apply to flexible stainless steel tubing because the mechanical properties differ from those specified for rigid tubing in this Tanzania Standard. However, manufacturers and purchasers of flexible tubing are encouraged to adopt the dimensional specifications given in this Tanzania Standard.

Source of regulation

Tanzania Bureau of Standards 

Publication of regulation

TZS 1252:2010 

Date of implementation

27 July 2010 

Direct link to regulation

http://www.tbs.go.tz/standards/index.php/tbs/tzs_1252 

Regulation file