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Patient Examination Glove, Specialty

Page Type
Product Code
Definition
A disposable latex examination glove is a device made of natural rubber latex or synthetic rubber that may or may not bear a trace amount of residual powder, and is intended to be worn on the hand or finger(s) for medical purposes to provide a barrier against potentially infectious materials and other contaminan. In addition, these gloves have been tested for permeation and breakthrough resistance against various concentrations and types of chemotherapy drugs using test such as astm d6978-05, standard practice for assessment of resistance of medical gloves to permeation by chemotherapy drugs.
Regulation Medical Specialty
General Hospital
Review Panel
General Hospital
Submission Type
510(K)
Device Classification
Class 1
Regulation Number
880.6250
GMP Exempt?
No
Summary Malfunction Reporting
Eligible
Implanted Device
No
Life-Sustain/Support Device
No
Third Party Review
Third Party Eligible

CFR § 880.6250 Non-powdered patient examination glove

§ 880.6250 Non-powdered patient examination glove.

(a) Identification. A non-powdered patient examination glove is a disposable device intended for medical purposes that is worn on the examiner's hand or finger to prevent contamination between patient and examiner. A non-powdered patient examination glove does not incorporate powder for purposes other than manufacturing. The final finished glove includes only residual powder from manufacturing.

(b) Classification. Class I (general controls). The device, when it is a finger cot, is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 880.9.

[45 FR 69682, Oct. 21, 1980, as amended at 54 FR 1604, Jan. 13, 1989; 66 FR 46952, Sept. 10, 2001; 81 FR 91730, Dec. 19, 2016; 84 FR 71815, Dec. 30, 2019]

Patient Examination Glove, Specialty

Page Type
Product Code
Definition
A disposable latex examination glove is a device made of natural rubber latex or synthetic rubber that may or may not bear a trace amount of residual powder, and is intended to be worn on the hand or finger(s) for medical purposes to provide a barrier against potentially infectious materials and other contaminan. In addition, these gloves have been tested for permeation and breakthrough resistance against various concentrations and types of chemotherapy drugs using test such as astm d6978-05, standard practice for assessment of resistance of medical gloves to permeation by chemotherapy drugs.
Regulation Medical Specialty
General Hospital
Review Panel
General Hospital
Submission Type
510(K)
Device Classification
Class 1
Regulation Number
880.6250
GMP Exempt?
No
Summary Malfunction Reporting
Eligible
Implanted Device
No
Life-Sustain/Support Device
No
Third Party Review
Third Party Eligible

CFR § 880.6250 Non-powdered patient examination glove

§ 880.6250 Non-powdered patient examination glove.

(a) Identification. A non-powdered patient examination glove is a disposable device intended for medical purposes that is worn on the examiner's hand or finger to prevent contamination between patient and examiner. A non-powdered patient examination glove does not incorporate powder for purposes other than manufacturing. The final finished glove includes only residual powder from manufacturing.

(b) Classification. Class I (general controls). The device, when it is a finger cot, is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 880.9.

[45 FR 69682, Oct. 21, 1980, as amended at 54 FR 1604, Jan. 13, 1989; 66 FR 46952, Sept. 10, 2001; 81 FR 91730, Dec. 19, 2016; 84 FR 71815, Dec. 30, 2019]