21 CFR 880.2900 — Thermometer, Clinical Color Change

General Hospital (HO) · Part 880 Subpart C—General Hospital and Personal Use Monitoring Devices · § 880.2900

Identification

A clinical color change thermometer is a disposable device used to measure a patient's oral, rectal, or axillary (armpit) body temperature. The device records body temperature by use of heat sensitive chemicals which are sealed at the end of a plastic or metal strip. Body heat causes a stable color change in the heat sensitive chemicals.

Classification Rationale

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.

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