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 866—IMMUNOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY DEVICES > SUBPART F—Immunological Test Systems (§866.5040 to §866.5910) > 866.5340—Ferritin immunological test system.

866.5340—Ferritin immunological test system.

(a) Identification. A ferritin immunological test system is a device that consists of the reagents used to measure by immunochemical techniques the ferritin (an iron-storing protein) in serum and other body fluids. Measurements of ferritin aid in the diagnosis of diseases affecting iron metabolism, such as hemochromatosis (iron overload) and iron deficiency amemia.
(b) Classification. Class II (performance standards).