ANSI Z1.4 Reduced Inspection

Sterile, Lab, Clean Room, Requirements, Standard

Question

If you have Ac=0 and Re=2 what do you do for 1? I have not used the reduced sampling before, so am curious what should be done in this instance.

Answer

If you review the footnotes for Table II-C of ANSI Z1.4, you will see that there is a note (†) that states: If the acceptance number has been exceeded , but the rejection number has not been reached, accept the lot, but reinstate normal inspection (see 10.1.4).  So in your case, with a single reject, you would accept and reinstate normal inspection.

Steven Walfish

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