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B-186731 1 (1976-10-06)

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Whter Deli;fenase Mic1Ia terie! Board deetTiImined that othe. r
cunie '.1ial product  was acccpt2ble   al terniat ivLe to p revioisly
procu rt.'J it'crn, DSA 's revision omiphilit a ry sIcc ification Lt
ref h-c t that tio cociercial  ly avaitlabl]e iterms Imeet ac tual
IIi1iim'1um nUdS of GCve11rn-1nt was proper,  notwitstandinI
that  prot(ester bel  ieves itLs product has  superior  qalities.

Where  a1tcrimaLive  acccptable  products  1cfl-ct  divergeit
O1u1t1i  ons to t 2  r quirem..nt,   specification1s   Lstating
Cove rilen t s slie r 3i  e c id[lltiult  T U i thelitS s IOa-c1 t
i11IPr0pCfre, Simply kecausc SOv1a )TOviS.bOus Coutaiuicd therit
aplj)' only  LO Oftn 01 other  If two  poiSi Iii ta)jpr(oICICS.


        MarIon  Heal It aId Saf  twy,
speci fficat ion Mil.-T-0036315C ')  I
C   eter '(hSA) for the procurenxiut(
tibes,  or  samplt t'ubes.  Th i1s pr
coluec t ion  i th IDSA' s procurcenctu i
so  I I La tirn DSAl 20-7(,-1-2020.


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        Mar4im  p rcrsts  muItil1 ipe groulds for  )roteStuig  the
S)Uecificatlon,  whicI  IS 0a revisi0n  of a  previous  sp(cificat ion,
M I I-T-Js8ltS15 B, tWich appaI-enti1l y 1h scriIIbWed on NVMaoSo   c o'S ner. i-c I al
p roduct. i. The spec if i cation as re% iscd for the  specif ic purtpoSC
of  a! lowing for accc'p Laice of a conrnercial  I ten imaiufacLured
by te   Precision  Dyzanaics  Cotrpo' 'atforl ( 1Prec ision).  The cha-t'
WaS -IUM(Vd LO O 1 tlI  j)p'(ILUt1lf ell.  L  COIlpt  it  ioil,  if t   t. he
Defense  Mer'ical  ateriel   board had  dec termilnd that the  Precision
produ  1.twas an acce ptable  al1tr t ative.

        Simply  exp!Iained, a biolo  i cal cul(turt sample tube  cornsis t s
of  a p1aitsitic c r-)ap connec ted to a cottion s ab.  The swal. is
normally  Conttuined  ii I pl asti5c tube Zp1   ximattiey 6 iichts  in
Ill? th, with  a rescrvoir   at tLh c1losed  end.  The  I re \rvoir 1rcoitait.s
culit ur media.   The  packagu  is designed   so that  In oIldinary usc


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