How does the design of surgical power tool systems work?
This blog is intended as a brief introduction for orthopaedic surgeons on how the design of surgical power tool systems works in factories. When producing
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Nobody wants a medical device that they manufacture to harm a person or result in death. The important thing is to be able to take action immediately when faced with a serious adverse event and to report the situation to the compotent authorities as quickly as possible so that other people are not affected by this situation. In this article, we’ll try to explain to you “MDR Chapter 7 Vigilance Requirements and Reporting of Serious Incidents”.
Vigilance has always been a crucial part of medical device manufacturing. This subject now gets all the attention on it with MDR. All you have to do is track well your devices on the market and follow the “serious incident” reporting periods.
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The definition of “serious incident” is exactly as follows in the MDR:
‘Serious Incident’ means any incident that directly or indirectly led, might have led or might lead to any of the following;
Serious Public Health Threat means an event which could result in imminent risk of death, serious deterioration in a person’s state of health, or serious illness, that may require prompt remedial action, and that may cause significant morbidity or mortality in humans, or that is unusual or unexpected for the given place and time.
Corrective Actions means action taken to eliminate the cause of a potential or actual non-conformity or other undesirable situation.
Field Safety Corrective Action means corrective action taken by a manufacturer for technical or medical reasons to prevent or reduce the risk of a serious incident in relation to a device made available on the market.
Field Safety Notice means a communication sent by a manufacturer to users or customers in relation to a field safety corrective action.
Serious adverse incidents within 15 days at the latest.
If there is a serious public health threat, immediately and at the latest 2 days.
In case of death or serious deterioration in health, within 10 days at the latest.
If a competent authority gets any serious incident information from healthcare professionals, users or patients, this authority shall inform you about it and take necessary actions. But, in your opinion, you consider that the incident is not a serious incident or is an expected undesirable side-effect, you should provide a explanatory statement. If the competent authority disagrees with you, they may request you to submit a report and to carry out the appropriate follow-up action.
European Comission has published a report template for indicents. You can download this template as imaged below by clicking here.
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