21 CFR § 880.5090 - Liquid bandage.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s880.5090"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 880.5090 - Liquid bandage."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "880.5090"
section_name: "Liquid bandage."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "880"
part_name: "GENERAL HOSPITAL AND PERSONAL USE DEVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 371."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 69682, Oct. 21, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "880"
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# 880.5090 Liquid bandage.
(a) *Identification.* A liquid bandage is a sterile device that is a liquid, semiliquid, or powder and liquid combination used to cover an opening in the skin or as a dressing for burns. The device is also used as a topical skin protectant.
(b) *Classification.* Class I (general controls). When used only as a skin protectant, the device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to § 880.9.
[45 FR 69682, Oct. 21, 1980, as amended at 65 FR 2318, Jan. 14, 2000]