Description
For review purposes of a premarket notification (510(k)) for a kit, please provide the certification stated below:
Scope & Applicability
Product Classes
5Biological indicators are regulated as class II medical devices
Regulatory classification for general purpose incubators
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
System that reveals change in process variables based on chemical or physical change
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
4Determined 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
Temperature increase required to reduce D-value.
Time required to destroy 90 percent of the vegetative cells or spores at a given temperature
intended storage conditions throughout the proposed shelf-life
Identified Hazards
Hazards
1effective performance of sterilizers helps prevent nosocomial infections
Related CFR Sections (3)
- 21CFR880.2800§ 880.2800 Sterilization process indicator.
(a) Biological sterilization process indicator —Read full regulation →
- 21CFR807.87§ 807.87 Information required in a premarket notification submission.
Each premarket notification submission shall contain the following information:Read full regulation →
- 21CFR862.2050§ 862.2050 General purpose laboratory equipment labeled or promoted for a specific medical use.
(a) Identification. General purpose laboratory equipment labeled or promoted for a specific medical use is a device that is intended to prepare or examine specimens from the human body and that is labeled or promoted for a specific medical use.Read full regulation →
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See Also (8)
- CPG Sec. 350.100 Packaging Technologies and Tamper-Resistant Packaging Requirements for Contact Lens Solutions and Tablets (Status: Final)
- Biological Indicator (BI) Premarket Notification [510(k)] Submissions : Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff (Status: Final)
- Acceptance of Clinical Data to Support Medical Device Applications and Submissions: Frequently Asked Questions: Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff (Status: Final)
- Review Guidelines for Oxygen Generators and Oxygen Equipment for Emergency Use (Status: Final)
- CPG Sec. 398.450 Applicability of Positive Beam Limitation (PBL) Requirements When PBL is Provided on "Other than Stationary General Purpose" Radiographic System (Status: Final)
- CPG Sec. 300.600 Commercial Distribution with Regard to Premarket Notification (Section 510(k)) (Status: Final)
- CPG Sec. 325.100 Karaya Gum Powder and Related Devices for Use by Ostomates (Status: Final)
- Device Labeling Guidance #G91-1 (Blue Book Memo) (Status: Final)