D EUTSCHE NORM January 2001

Medical gloves for single use {

Part 1: Requirements and testing for freedom from holes
English version of DIN EN 455-1 EN 455-1
ICS 11.140 Supersedes
July 1998 edition.
Medizinische Handschuhe zum einmaligen Gebrauch –
Teil 1: Anforderungen und Prüfung auf Dichtheit

European Standard EN 455-1 : 2000 has the status of a DIN Standard.

A comma is used as the decimal marker.

National foreword
This standard has been prepared by CEN/TC 205 ‘Non-active medical devices’ (Secretariat: United King-
dom).
The responsible German body involved in its preparation was the Normenausschuss Medizin (Medical
Standards Committee), Technical Committee Medizinische Einmalhandschuhe.

Amendments
This standard differs from DIN EN 455-1, July 1998 edition, in that clause 6 has been specified in more detail.

Previous edition
DIN EN 455-1: 1998-07.

Continued overleaf.
EN comprises 5 pages.

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October 2000

ICS 13.340 Supersedes EN 455-1 : 1993.

English version

Medical gloves for single use

Part 1: Requirements and testing for freedom from holes

Gants médicaux non réutilisables – Medizinische Handschuhe zum

Partie 1: Détection des trous – einmaligen Gebrauch – Teil 1: Anfor-
Prescriptions et essais derungen und Prüfung auf Dichtheit

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 2000-09-16.

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which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a
national standard without any alteration.
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