Medical Devices Directive – Brief Overview

The Medical Devices Directive applies to the medical devices industry which is responsible

for manufacturing some of the most essential products for patients, hospitals and medical professionals being used in the medical world today. They include anything from low-risk items such as first aid bandages and surgical gloves to higher risk items like heart valves to breast implants.

Of course it's essential for any business involved in making items used for saving lives and making sick people better to be regulated properly so that the items they produce are high in quality, use the best materials available and are ultimately safe to the end-users. One way that medical professionals are regulated therefore is through the Medical Devices Directive, which was last updated in 1993 (Directive 93/42/EEC).

The Medical Device Directive's primary objective is to give patients who come into contact with, who use and are treated with medical devices are given the high level of protection' and performance levels' promised by manufacturers. This Medical Device Directive also contains additional articles not found in the original document of 1976. These include extra provision for the protection of breast implant medical devices, further consideration, regulation and protection over the transmission of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies through medical devices that have been made from materials deriving from animal tissues and the reclassification of breast implants, knee, shoulder and hip joints.

For most patients, the Medical Devices Directive won't make a visible difference to their treatment or in the way that they are nursed in hospital or consulted by doctors and specialists. What the Medical Device Directive will do however, is to ensure that patients get the very best care, advice and treatment with the best products at all times as well as helping to guarantee that behind the scenes, the medical devices industry remains complaint, well regulated and accountable for its work.

Medical Devices Directive Brief Overview

By: Paul baguley

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