Stabiliser Requirements
The permitted list of additives is restricted
and appropriate stabilisers are available which can yield the maximum
benefits in performance in this very specialised area.
All medical applications have to be approved
by the relevant national authorities and very often product by product.
Further Reading
A. Bruder et al., PVC - The Material for
Medical Products www.pvcplus.de/newseng250299.htm
(in English) or Swiss Plastics, 4 (1999) and Swiss Chem, 5 (1999) (in
German)