21 C.F.R. § 864.7525   Heparin assay.

Title 21 - Food and Drugs


Title 21: Food and Drugs
PART 864—HEMATOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY DEVICES
Subpart H—Hematology Kits and Packages

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§ 864.7525   Heparin assay.

(a) Identification. A heparin assay is a device used to determine the level of the anticoagulant heparin in the patient's circulation. These assays are quantitative clotting time procedures using the effect of heparin on activated coagulation factor X (Stuart factor) or procedures based on the neutralization of heparin by protamine sulfate (a protein that neutralizes heparin).

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

[45 FR 60623, Sept. 12, 1980]

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