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Kit Certification for 510(k)s

FinalCenter for Devices and Radiological Health06/30/1997

Description

For review purposes of a premarket notification (510(k)) for a kit, please provide the certification stated below:

Scope & Applicability

Product Classes

5
Class II medical device

Biological indicators are regulated as class II medical devices

Class I exempt

Regulatory classification for general purpose incubators

Biological Indicator

Microbiological test system providing a defined resistance to a specified sterilization process; Guidance for premarket notification submissions of BIs; Subject of the premarket notification 510(k) submission

Chemical Indicator

System that reveals change in process variables based on chemical or physical change

Medical Device

FDA intends to assess device cybersecurity based on a number of factors; demonstrate or maintain its safety and effectiveness; ensuring cybersecurity has become essential to FDA’s ability to protect the public health; Cyber-resiliency capabilities for medical devices

Regulatory Context

Attributes

4
Shelf Life

Determined based on stability data; Established through stability testing; also called dating period.; Established through formal stability studies; Establishing the period during which a drug product is expected to remain within specifications; Period for drug products; The period during which a drug product is expected to remain within specifications; Duration product remains within acceptance criteria; Period during which product remains within specifications; Established for intermediates pu

Z-value

Temperature increase required to reduce D-value.

D-value

Time required to destroy 90 percent of the vegetative cells or spores at a given temperature

Shelf-life

intended storage conditions throughout the proposed shelf-life

Identified Hazards

Hazards

1
Nosocomial infections

effective performance of sterilizers helps prevent nosocomial infections

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