Title 21: Food and Drugs
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/ PART 862 - CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY DEVICES
/ Subpart B - Clinical Chemistry Test Systems / § 862.1255 2,3-Diphosphoglyceric acid test system.
§ 862.1255 2,3-Diphosphoglyceric acid test system.
(a) Identification. A 2,3-diphosphoglyceric acid test system is a device intended to measure 2,3-diphosphoglyceric acid (2,3-DPG) in erythrocytes (red blood cells). Measurements of 2,3-diphosphoglyceric acid are used in the diagnosis and treatment of blood disorders that affect the delivery of oxygen by erythrocytes to tissues and in monitoring the quality of stored 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 the limitations in § 862.9.