Title 21: Food and Drugs
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/ PART 862 - CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY DEVICES
/ Subpart B - Clinical Chemistry Test Systems / § 862.1450 Lactic acid test system.
§ 862.1450 Lactic acid test system.
(a) Identification. A lactic acid test system is a device intended to measure lactic acid in whole blood and plasma. Lactic acid measurements that evaluate the acid-base status are used in the diagnosis and treatment of lactic acidosis (abnormally high acidity of the blood).
(b) Classification. Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to § 862.9.