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title: "21 CFR §864.5300"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-864.5300"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "8"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "H"

subchapter_subject: "MEDICAL DEVICES"

part_code: "864"

part_subject: "HEMATOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY DEVICES"

subpart_code: "F"

subpart_subject: "Automated and Semi-Automated Hematology Devices"

section_number: "864.5300"

section_subject: "Red cell indices device."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 864.5300"

title_name: "Title 21"

title_subject: "Food and Drugs"

parts_covered: "Parts 800 to 1299"

revised_date: "Revised as of April 1, 2019"

publication_date: "As of April 1, 2019"

contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"

publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"

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(a)Identification. A red cell indices device, usually part of a larger system, calculates or directly measures the erythrocyte mean corpuscular volume (MCV), the mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), and the mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC). The red cell indices are used for the differential diagnosis of anemias.

(b)Classification. Class II (performance standards).

§864.5300 - Red cell indices device.