Medical Device Network: US Regulator to Unveil Medical Device ID Rule
Medicaldevicenetwork.com reports that the US FDA is set to soon introduce its long-anticipated proposed rules for unique device identification (UDI). MDN expects FDA's proposal to be released in September, 2011. Under the proposed rule, medical
ICT: AAMI Announces Medical Devices Summit in October
Originally posted by Infection Control Today: The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) invite members of the medical community to participate in a special summit focusing on critical
AMDR Summary: International Regulation of "Single-Use" Medical Device Reprocessing
Since 2000, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has regulated reprocessors of so-called “single-use” medical devices (SUDs) as medical device manufacturers, subjecting all reprocessors (third-party, hospital, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)) to all
SSM Health Care – St. Louis achieves significant savings with medical device reprocessing
SSM Health Care-St. Louis Released on June 30, 2011 AIDS and emerging infectious diseases led in the early 1980s to single-use medical devices. However, there is a rising medical awareness in the United States that
CMAJ: The Ethics of Reusing Single-Use Device
Canadian Medical Association Journal Published by Roger Collier July 5, 2011 The topic of reprocessing medical devices labelled as single-use items is something of an ethical quagmire. The only thing clear about this issue, it
CMAJ: Reprocessing Single-Use Devices: An International Perspective
Canadian Medical Association Journal Published by Roger Collier July 4, 2011 Do you dispose of the plastic baggie or save it for tomorrow’s ham sandwich? Do you throw away the plastic fork or wash it