ASTM D 3579 - 77 (Reapproved 2016) Standard Specification for Rubber Surgical Drainage Tubes, Penrose-Type

Current edition approved June 1, 2016. Published July 2016. Originally approved in 1977. Last previous edition approved in 2010 as D3579 – 77 (2010). — 3 p.
This specification covers Penrose-type rubber tubes used in performing certain surgical drainage procedures.
The specification provides for packaged sterile rubber tubes and packaged or bulk nonsterile rubber tubes.