---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 640.15"
title: "21"
number: "640.15"
heading: "Segments for testing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/640.15"
---

# §640.15. Segments for testing.


Segments collected in integral tubing shall meet the following standards:

- (a) One or more segments shall be provided with each unit of Whole Blood or Red Blood Cells when issued or reissued.
- (b) Before they are filled, all segments shall be marked or identified so as to relate them to the donor of that unit of red cells.
- (c) All segments accompanying a unit of Red Blood Cells shall be filled at the time the blood is collected or at the time the final product is prepared.

## Notes

### Amendments

[66 FR 40890, Aug. 6, 2001]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 351, 352, 353, 355, 360, 371; 42 U.S.C. 216, 262, 263, 263a, 264.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 32089, Nov. 20, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[66 FR 40890, Aug. 6, 2001]