BS 6196:1989

This standard BS 6196:1989 Specification for sterile epidural catheters and introducer needles for single use is classified in these ICS categories:

• 11.040.25 Syringes, needles and catheters

This British Standard specifies basic requirements, including requirements for packaging, for epidural catheters and epidural introducer needles which are supplied sterile for single use.

NOTE 1 Equipment may be supplied separately or together in an epidural set.

NOTE 2 The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are given on the inside back cover.

NOTE 3 Appendix A gives guidance on design and materials, and Appendix G suggests a method of test for the dullness of the epidural introducer needle point.

Basic requirements for catheters, catheter stylets, introducer needles and needle stylets.