21 CFR § 862.1660 - Quality control material (assayed and unassayed).

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s862.1660"
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title: "21 CFR § 862.1660 - Quality control material (assayed and unassayed)."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "862.1660"
section_name: "Quality control material (assayed and unassayed)."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "862"
part_name: "CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY DEVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 371."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 16122, May 1, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "862"
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# 862.1660 Quality control material (assayed and unassayed).

(a) *Identification.* A quality control material (assayed and unassayed) for clinical chemistry is a device intended for medical purposes for use in a test system to estimate test precision and to detect systematic analytical deviations that may arise from reagent or analytical instrument variation. A quality control material (assayed and unassayed) may be used for proficiency testing in interlaboratory surveys. This generic type of device includes controls (assayed and unassayed) for blood gases, electrolytes, enzymes, multianalytes (all kinds), single (specified) analytes, or urinalysis controls.

(b) *Classification.* Class I (general controls). Except when intended for use in donor screening tests, quality control materials (assayed and unassayed) are exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 862.9.

[52 FR 16122, May 1, 1987, as amended at 65 FR 2308, Jan. 14, 2000, 84 FR 71796, Dec. 30, 2019]