Medical Device Safety Action Plan: Protecting Patients, Promoting Public Health. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Medical Device Safety Action Plan: Protecting Patients, Promoting Public Health. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published April 2018

Medical Device Safety Action Plan: Protecting Patients, Promoting Public Health.

Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; April 2018.

Reliable use of medical devices is an important contributor to safe health care delivery. This report describes the US Food and Drug Administration's plan to raise awareness of problemswith devices in the field, develop new devices with better safety and cybersecurity protections, and enhance innovation and the product life cycle through regulation.

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