BS 5194-4 Surgical Instruments - Specification for Scissors and Other Jointed Cutting Tools

EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of BS 5194-4 testing. This part of BS 5194 specifies requirements for other articulated cutting instruments such as stainless steel scissors and bone nipper forceps (bone rongeurs) used in surgery. There are requirements regarding the cutting ability of scissors and shears.

BS 5194-4 for scissors and other articulated cutting tools is useful for:

• Manufacturers of scissors and other articulated cutting tools;
• Test centers or personnel involved in testing scissors and other articulated cutting tools;
• Design engineers.

Scissors and other articulated cutting tools are used in the operating room and must be handled carefully to avoid accidents in the operating room. BS 5194-4 assists you in material, hardness, heat treatment, corrosion resistance, design, workmanship, surface condition, packaging and marking to improve the quality standard for scissors, shears and other joint cutting tools.

BS 5194-4 also provides a test method for corrosion resistance using copper sulfate solution, a test method for corrosion resistance using boiling water, and a test method for cutting ability. This helps test and evaluate the performance of scissors and other articulated cutting tools.

EUROLAB assists manufacturers with BS 5194-4 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.