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Title 21 → Chapter I → Subchapter H → Part 864 → Subpart H → §864.7490

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Title 21: Food and Drugs
PART 864—HEMATOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY DEVICES
Subpart H—Hematology Kits and Packages

§864.7490 Sulfhemoglobin assay.

(a) Identification. A sulfhemoglobin assay is a device consisting of the reagents, calibrators, controls, and instrumentation used to determine the sulfhemoglobin (a compound of sulfur and hemoglobin) content of human blood as an aid in the diagnosis of sulfhemoglobinemia (presence of sulfhemoglobin in the blood due to drug administration or exposure to a poison). This measurement may be made using methods such as spectroscopy, colorimetry, spectrophotometry, or gasometry.

(b) Classification. Class II (performance standards).

[45 FR 60621, Sept. 12, 1980]

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