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Part 1: Cotton
Australian Standard

Absorbent woven gauze

AS 2835.1—1998
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee MS/5, Institutional Supplies.
It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 1 December
1997 and published on 5 February 1998.

The following interests are represented on Committee MS/5:

Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Australian Confederation of Operating Room Nurses
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Department of Public Works and Services, N.S.W.

Medical Industry Association of Australia
Packaging Council of Australia
Queensland Health
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Victorian Hospitals Association

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This Standard was issued in draft form for comment as DR 97130.

 AS 2835.1—1998

Australian Standard
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Absorbent woven gauze

Part 1: Cotton

Originated as Part of AS CS10.2.2— 1941.

Previous edition AS 2835.1— 1985
Second edition 1998.

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7337 1705 5
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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee ME/5, Institutional
Supplies, to supersede AS 2835.1 — 1985.
The objective of this Standard is to provide manufacturers and users with requirements for
absorbent woven cotton gauze suitable for use in the manufacture of surgical dressings.
Requirements for cotton-viscose gauze are specified in AS 2835.2, Absorbent woven
gauze, Part 2: Cotton-viscose blends.
In the preparation of this Standard, consideration was given to the respective requirements
of the British Pharmacopoeia, the European Pharmacopoeia and the United States
Pharmacopoeia. However, differences do occur between requirements set out in those
publications and in this Standard.
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CONTENTS
Page
SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
1.1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ... .. .. .. .. ... ........ 4
1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . .. .. ... . .... .. ...... ... .. 4
1.3 CLASSIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ...... .... .. . .. .. .. .. .. 4
1.4 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .... .. .. .. .. . ... .. ..... 5
1.5 MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION . . . .. .. .. .. ... . .. .......... . 5

SECTION 2 REQUIREMENTS
2.1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2 IDENTIFICATION OF FIBROUS COMPONENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.3 SINKING TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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2.4 pH OF AQUEOUS EXTRACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.5 LEVEL OF SURFACE-ACTIVE SUBSTANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.6 CONTENT OF WATER-SOLUBLE SUBSTANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.7 PRESENCE OF STARCH AND DEXTRINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.8 CONTENT OF ETHER-SOLUBLE SUBSTANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.9 PRESENCE OF FLUORESCING SUBSTANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.10 SULFATED ASH CONTENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.11 COLOURFASTNESS OF GREEN COTTON GAUZE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.12 PACKAGING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.13 MARKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

Australian Standard
Absorbent woven gauze

Part 1: Cotton

S E C T I O N 1 S CO P E A N D G E NE R A L

1.1 SCOPE This Standard specifies requirements for absorbent woven cotton gauze
suitable for use in the manufacture of surgical dressings.
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1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS The following Standards are referred to in this

Standard:
AS
2001 Methods of test for textiles
2001.2 Part 2: Physical tests
2001.2.3 Part 2.3: Determination of breaking force and extension of textile fabrics
2001.2.5 Part 2.5: Determination of the number of threads per unit length in woven
fabric
2001.3 Chemical tests
2001.3.1 Part 3.1: Determination of pH of aqueous extract
2001.3.4 Part 3.4: Determination of solvent extractable matter
2001.4 Part 4: Colourfastness tests
2001.4.8 Part 4.8: Determination of colourfastness to water
2836 Methods of testing surgical dressings and surgical dressing materials
2836.2 Part 2: Method for the identification of cotton and viscose fibres
2836.3 Part 3: Method for the determination of mass per unit area
2836.5 Part 5: Method for the determination of sinking time
2836.7 Part 7: Method for the determination of level of surface-active substances
2836.8 Part 8: Method for the determination of quantity of water-soluble substances
2836.9 Part 9: Method for the determination of the presence of starch and dextrins
2836.10 Part 10: Method for the determination of the presence of fluorescing
substances
2836.11 Part 11: Method for the determination of sulphated ash content
Therapeutic Goods Administration. Commonwealth Department of Health, Housing and
Community Services, Canberra.
Therapeutic Goods Order (TGO) No. 37. General requirements for labels for therapeutic
goods

1.3 CLASSIFICATION Absorbent woven cotton gauze shall be classified as one of

the grades specified in Table 1.1.
Where gauze is classified as a particular grade, it shall comply with all requirements
specified in Table 1.1 for that grade and shall not comply with all requirements of any
higher grade.
NOTE: For the purposes of this Clause, A is regarded as the lowest and K as the highest grade
of gauze.

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