21 CFR 880.6890
General purpose disinfectants
21 CFR 880.6890 is the regulation titled “General purpose disinfectants” in 21 CFR Part 880, General Hospital and Personal Use Devices. Since 2021, 1 FDA warning letter has cited it.
- Letters citing it
- 1 since 2021
- Jan 1 to Oct 30, 2026
- 0 against 0 on the same dates in 2025
- Most often cited with
- 21 CFR 807.81, in 1 letter
- Closed out
- 0% of these letters have a published close-out
Letters citing it, by year issued
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- 02021
- 02022
- 02023
- 12024
- 02025
- 02026
What FDA writes when it cites it
The finding headings that cite 21 CFR 880.6890 most often, as written in the letters.
- 1 letterYour response is inadequate because it does not accurately reflect the nature of the CPAP device accessories intended to be disinfected and sanitized by the Clean Zone CPAP Sanitizer. Your products are medical device…
The regulation
Read the text of 21 CFR 880.6890 (eCFR, as of Sep 1, 2026)
(a) Identification. A general purpose disinfectant is a germicide intended to process noncritical medical devices and equipment surfaces. A general purpose disinfectant can be used to preclean or decontaminate critical or semicritical medical devices prior to terminal sterilization or high level disinfection. Noncritical medical devices make only topical contact with intact skin.
(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.
[65 FR 36326, June 8, 2000]
Text from eCFR as of Sep 1, 2026.
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