A-A-53438
29 April 1988
COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION
BRUSH SET, INSTRUMENT CLEANING
The General Services Administration has authorized the use of this commercial item description.
This commercial item description covers a set of nylon bristle cleaning brushes of various length of brushes specifically designed to clean tracheal tubes and the lumens of many types of instruments and endoscopes.
Salient characteristics:
The brush set shall contain a minimum of one each of the following approximate size length brushes:
a) 3-1/2 in. (8.9 cm) x 5/16 in. (0.8 cm) x 20 in. (50.8 cm) long
b) 3-1/2 in. (8.9 cm) x 1/2 in. (1.3 cm) x 22 in. (55.9 cm) long
c) 3-1/2 in. (8.9 cm) x 5/8 in. (1.6 cm) x 25 in. (63.5 cm) long
d) 3-1/2 in. (8.9 cm) x 3/4 in. (1.9 cm) x 14 in. (35.6 cm) long
e) 3-1/2 in. (8.9 cm) x 7/8 in. (2.2 cm) x 15 in. (38.1 cm) long
f) 3 in. (7.6 cm) x 3/4 in. (1.9 cm) x 8 in. (20.3 long
g) 1-3/4 in. (4.5 cm) x 3/8 in. (0.9 cm) x 6 in. (15.2 cm) long
The nylon bristles of the brush shall be twisted into the flexible wire handle shaft for secure placement. The bristles shall remain stiff for effective cleaning and shall not separate from the wire shaft during use. The bristles shall be located on the extreme distal end of the wire shaft.
The twisted wire shaft shall be flexible for effective cleaning of various curved instrument lumens. The proximal handle end shall be an integral part of the twisted wire shaft and be loop shaped for easy grip.
DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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