Fever Monitoring Kit
The Fever Monitoring Kit is a general hospital convenience kit containing thermometers and associated accessories used to measure and monitor a patient's body temperature, supporting clinical assessment of fever in hospital or point-of-care settings. Product code PWW is established as a convenience kit under FDA's 1997 Convenience Kits Interim Regulatory Guidance and is under enforcement discretion, not requiring a 510(k) if all guidance criteria are met. Under regulation 21 CFR 880.2910, it is a Class II device subject to general and special controls. It falls under the General Hospital medical specialty and is not flagged as an implant or life-sustaining device.
Basic Information
- Product Code
- PWW
- Device Class
- FDA class 2
- Regulation Number
- 880.2910
- Medical Specialty
- General Hospital
- Review Panel
- HO
- Submission Type
- 7
Device Characteristics
Definition
This product code has been established in accordance with the May 20, 1997, guidance entitled, convenience kits interim regulatory guidance, found at http://www.fda.gov/downloads/MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationandGuidance/GuidanceDocuments/ucm080217.pdf. This type of convenience kit, as listed in the guidance above, is under enforcement discretion, and does not require a premarket notification (510(k)) to market if it meets all criteria in the guidance.