Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 12, 2026

Title 21 - Food and Drugs last revised: Dec 18, 2026
§ 880.5270 - Neonatal eye pad.

(a) Identification. A neonatal eye pad is an opaque device used to cover and protect the eye of an infant during therapeutic procedures, such as phototherapy.

(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 § 880.9. If the device is not labeled or otherwise represented as sterile, it 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 65 FR 2318, Jan. 14, 2000; 90 FR 55986, Dec. 4, 2025]
authority: 21 U.S.C. 351,360,360c,360e,360j,360
source: 45 FR 69682, Oct. 21, 1980, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 21 CFR 880.5270