21 C.F.R. § 880.6025 Absorbent tipped applicator.
Title 21 - Food and Drugs
(a) Identification. An absorbent tipped applicator is a device intended for medical purposes that consists of an absorbent swab on a wooden, paper, or plastic stick. The device is used to apply medications to, or to take specimens from, a patient. (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 §880.9. If the device is not labeled or otherwise represented as sterile, it is also exempt from the current good manufacturing practice regulations in part 820 of this chapter, with the exception of §820.180, with respect to general requirements concerning records, and §820.198, with respect to complaint files. [45 FR 69682–69737, Oct. 21, 1980, as amended at 66 FR 38805, July 25, 2001]
Title 21: Food and Drugs
PART 880—GENERAL HOSPITAL AND PERSONAL USE DEVICES
Subpart G—General Hospital and Personal Use Miscellaneous Devices
§ 880.6025 Absorbent tipped applicator.
