COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION A-A-50997
Catheter hub shall fit the plug gauge specified in ANSI/HIMA Standard MD70.1 within the “GO-NO-GO” limits. Catheters of 19 gauge shall withstand an axial tensile force of 2.0 pounds and catheters of 16 gauge shall withstand an axial tensile force of 4.0pounds.
Catheters shall not exhibit leakage exceeding one clinging drop (hydrostatic test) or one clinging air bubble (pneumatic test) when tested with appropriate fixtures and taper test gauges. The criteria shall be as follows:
Hydrostatic test – 45 pounds per square inch gauge (psig) pressure applied for 10 minutes.
Pneumatic test - 15 psig applied for 5 minutes.
Instructions. An instruction sheet for proper use of the catheter placement unit shall be provided with each complete unit.
Materials. The catheter placement unit shall be responsible for performing tests to assume that materials are in accordance with requirements specified.
Unit. Package (PG). One package containing fifty catheter and needle units of one NSN only, individually package sterile, as specified, constitutes one unit.
Quality Assurance Provisions.
Responsibility for inspection. Unless otherwise specified in the contract or purchase order, the contractor is responsible for the performance of all inspection requirements as specified herein. Except as otherwise specified in the contract or purchase order, the contractor may use his own or any facilities suitable for the performance of the inspection requirements specified herein, unless disapproved by the Government. The Government reserves the right to perform any of the inspections set forth in the specification where such inspections are deemed necessary to assure supplies and services conform to prescribed requirements.
Records. Records of examinations and tests performed by or for the contractor shall be maintained by the contractor and made available to the Government upon the Government’s request, at any time, or from time to time, during the performance of the contract and for a period of three years after delivery of the supplies to which such records relate.
Inspection. Inspection, as used herein, is defined as both examination (such as visual or auditory investigation without the use of special laboratory appliances or procedures) and testing (determination by technical means of physical and chemical properties) of the item.
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