British Standards Institution

Source:: ISO
Committee:: CH/173/1 - Wheelchairs
Categories:: Measurement and Science | Testing | Testing. General | Healthcare | Medical equipment | Aids. Disabled persons | Aids. Incontinence and ostomy

Scope

This is a standard to ensure quality and safety of water-absorbent polyacrylate that is commonly used in paper diaper and in urine absorption pads.

Purpose

Water-absorbent polyacrylate has no safety nor quality standard, while it has various standards to evaluate its performance/characteristics. (e.g. Measurement of airborne respirable polyacrylate superabsorbent materials (ISO 17191:2004), Test methods for characterizing polymer-based absorbent materials (ISO 17190:2001) and other performance-related-standards.)

Quality and safety of water-absorbent polyacrylates are important factor that directly correlates with the quality and safety of diapers and/or pads. Historically, it has been kept as proprietary knowledge of individual manufacturer, so that industry has never discussed standardization before.

Establishment of this standard will help industry to maintain quality of Water-absorbent polyacrylates, hence to help producing good quality of diaper/Pads.

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Standard timeline

1. Proposal

Proposal start date:

07/10/2019

Proposal end date:

09/10/2019

2. Draft

3. Public Comments

4. Comment Resolution

5. Approval

6. Publication

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Standards Development

ISO/NP 24669-1 Water-absorbent polyacrylate in urine absorbing products -- Part 1: Part 1: Test methods

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