CFR > Title 21 - Food and Drugs > CHAPTER I—FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER H—MEDICAL DEVICES (parts 800 to 898) > PART 864—HEMATOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY DEVICES > SUBPART F—Automated and Semi-Automated Hematology Devices (§864.5200 to §864.5950) > 864.5600—Automated hematocrit instrument.

864.5600—Automated hematocrit instrument.

(a) Identification. An automated hematocrit instrument is a fully automated or semi-automated device which may or may not be part of a larger system. This device measures the packed red cell volume of a blood sample to distinguish normal from abnormal states, such as anemia and erythrocytosis (an increase in the number of red cells).
(b) Classification. Class II (performance standards).

Code of Federal Regulations

[45 FR 60600, Sept. 12, 1980]