AS/NZS 23907:2023
Sharps injury protection – Requirements and tests methods – Sharps containers (ISO 23907-2:2019, MOD)
This standard aims to specify requirements for single-use and reusable sharps containers intended to hold potentially hazardous sharps medical waste with or without sharps protection features, e.g. scalpel blades, trocars, hypodermic needles and syringes.
This standard is applicable to sharps containers supplied as assembled units by the manufacturer and to those supplied as components intended to be assembled by the user.
This standard includes design functionality and performance testing for user/handler safety for single-use and reusable sharps containers, and in addition, lifespan simulation, cleaning and decontamination, microbiological validation and quality monitoring for reusable sharps containers.
In 2025, the P4827 Rejoining of Safety Standards committee was formed to consider this standard’s suitability (and the suitability of other Australian safety standards) for rejoining as Australian/New Zealand standards.
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AS/NZS 23907:2023
SA/SNZ - Cover page
Preface
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Requirements and recommendations
4.1 General
4.2 Design and construction
4.2.1 General
4.2.2 Container stability
4.2.3 Strength of handles
4.2.4 Aperture and closure
4.2.5 Resistance to penetration
4.2.6 Resistance to damage or leakage after dropping
4.2.7 Resistance to damage or leakage after toppling
4.2.8 Fill line
4.3 Closure device
4.4 Monitoring of reuses
4.5 Cleaning and decontamination
4.5.1 Cleaning and decontamination process
4.5.2 Microbiological validation
5 Lifespan simulation prior to testing
5.1 General
5.2 Conditioning
5.3 Tumbling with sharps simulation
5.4 Transport simulations
5.5 Processing simulations
6 Test methods
6.1 Container stability
6.2 Strength of handle(s)
6.3 Resistance to penetration
6.3.1 Apparatus
6.3.2 Procedure
6.4 Resistance to damage and leakage after dropping
6.4.1 Apparatus
6.4.2 Procedure
6.5 Resistance to spillage by toppling
6.5.1 Apparatus
6.5.2 Procedure
7 Quality monitoring: Post decontamination quality assurance
8 Labelling and marking and instructions for use
8.1 Labelling and marking
8.2 Instructions for use
Appendix A (informative) Microbiological validation
Bibliography
Amendment control sheet
Amendments
Previous versions
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AS/NZS 23907:2023
SA/SNZ - Cover page
Preface
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Requirements and recommendations
4.1 General
4.2 Design and construction
4.2.1 General
4.2.2 Container stability
4.2.3 Strength of handles
4.2.4 Aperture and closure
4.2.5 Resistance to penetration
4.2.6 Resistance to damage or leakage after dropping
4.2.7 Resistance to damage or leakage after toppling
4.2.8 Fill line
4.3 Closure device
4.4 Monitoring of reuses
4.5 Cleaning and decontamination
4.5.1 Cleaning and decontamination process
4.5.2 Microbiological validation
5 Lifespan simulation prior to testing
5.1 General
5.2 Conditioning
5.3 Tumbling with sharps simulation
5.4 Transport simulations
5.5 Processing simulations
6 Test methods
6.1 Container stability
6.2 Strength of handle(s)
6.3 Resistance to penetration
6.3.1 Apparatus
6.3.2 Procedure
6.4 Resistance to damage and leakage after dropping
6.4.1 Apparatus
6.4.2 Procedure
6.5 Resistance to spillage by toppling
6.5.1 Apparatus
6.5.2 Procedure
7 Quality monitoring: Post decontamination quality assurance
8 Labelling and marking and instructions for use
8.1 Labelling and marking
8.2 Instructions for use
Appendix A (informative) Microbiological validation
Bibliography
Amendment control sheet
Amendments
Previous versions
AS/NZS 23907:2023
Online Library subscription information
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