---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 880.5450"
title: "21"
number: "880.5450"
heading: "Patient care reverse isolation chamber."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/880.5450"
---

# §880.5450. Patient care reverse isolation chamber.

- (a) **Identification.** A patient care reverse isolation chamber is a device consisting of a roomlike enclosure designed to prevent the entry of harmful airborne material. This device protects a patient who is undergoing treatment for burns or is lacking a normal immunosuppressive defense due to therapy or congenital abnormality. The device includes fans and air filters which maintain an atmosphere of clean air at a pressure greater than the air pressure outside the enclosure.
- (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.