Standard Guide for Assessing the Service Life of a Brush Part Intended to Clean a Medical Device

Published by	Publication Date	Number of Pages
ASTM	10/15/2020	4

Category: ASTM

Description

ASTM F3487 – Standard Guide for Assessing the Service Life of a Brush Part Intended to Clean a Medical Device

1.1 This guide describes methods for assessing the service life, under prescribed laboratory conditions, of a brush part designed to clean a medical device. The method utilizes force testers to mechanically actuate a brush part at a constant rate. This action continues until the brush part demonstrates a significant reduction in cleaning power as measured by the force exerted during testing.