21 CFR § 880.6800 - Washers for body waste receptacles.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s880.6800"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 880.6800 - Washers for body waste receptacles."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "880.6800"
section_name: "Washers for body waste receptacles."
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"
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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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# 880.6800 Washers for body waste receptacles.

(a) *Identification.* A washer for body waste receptacles is a device intended for medical purposes that is used to clean and sanitize a body waste receptacle, such as a bedpan. The device consists of a wall-mounted plumbing fixture with a door through which a body waste receptacle is inserted. When the door is closed the body waste receptacle is cleaned by hot water, steam, or germicide.

(b) *Classification.* Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter, subject to the limitations in § 880.9. The device also is exempt from the current good manufacturing practice requirements of the quality management system regulation in part 820 of this chapter, except for requirements concerning records and complaint files under § 820.35 of this chapter.

[45 FR 69682, Oct. 21, 1980, as amended at 66 FR 38807, July 25, 2001; 90 FR 55988, Dec. 4, 2025]