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Medical device reporting for user facilities.

Abstract

Reprinted from a report by the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, this article answers questions about the "tentative final rule," which outlines medical device reporting requirements for user facilities, distributors and manufacturers. Besides providing general information about the proposed regulation, the article describes which facilities are affected, which device-related incidents must be reported and how to report them.

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1992. Medical device reporting for user facilities.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10123092/

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