ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 7885 Third edition 2010-02-15 Dentistry Sterile injection needles for single use Medecine bucco-dentaire Aiguilles steriles pour injection, non réutilisables Reference number ISO 7885:2010(E) ISO ISO2010 ISO 7885:2010(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. adoptedbythetechnicalcommitteesarecirculatedtothememberbodiesforvoting.Publicationasan International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO 7885 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 106, Dentistry, Subcommittee SC 4, Dental instruments. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (iSO 7885:2000), which has been technically revised as follows: a) deletion of requirement for patency of lumen; b)introduction of colour coding for smaller needle size O,2; c)updated labelling requirements. ISO 2010 - All rights reserved ili ISO 7885:2010(E) Introduction This International Standard is closely related to IsO 7864. Requirements for validated sterilization processes are described in International Standards prepared by ISO/TC 198, Sterilization of health care products. (See references [6] to [8] in Bibliography.) Specific qualitative and quantitative requirements for freedom from biological hazards are not included in this International Standard but it is recommended that, in assessing possible biological hazards, reference be made to ISO 10993-1, ISO 10993-11 and ISO 7405 This International Standard specifies requirements for dental injection needles with metric sizes only. However, attention is drawn to the existence of dental injection needles with imperial threads (see Annex A) iv ISO 2010 - All rights reserved