---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 880.6880"
title: "21"
number: "880.6880"
heading: "Steam sterilizer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/880.6880"
---

# §880.6880. Steam sterilizer.

- (a) **Identification.** A steam sterilizer (autoclave) is a device that is intended for use by a health care provider to sterilize medical products by means of pressurized steam.
- (b) **Classification.** Class II (performance standards).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 l, 371.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 69682, Oct. 21, 1980, unless otherwise noted.