Current reprocessing methods for duodenoscopes provide no reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness, and manual cleaning steps need improvement, an FDA panel said. Most panelists called for upgrading manual cleaning, followed by lengthy sterilization of the products until they can be redesigned.
FDA advisors say changes are need to reprocessing methods used by most hospitals for duodenoscopes, but that the devices involved in contamination incidents should stay on the market for life-saving endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatograpy (ERCP) procedures.
A majority of the FDA Gastroenterology-Urology Devices panel – about two-thirds – called for enhanced cleaning of the duodenoscopes, followed...
Amendment brings new benefits for device accessories and aesthetic devices used by healthcare professionals.
From June 30, new European Commission rules will attempt to redress an imbalance in medtech trade between the EU and the People’s Republic of China.
Flow Neuroscience's neuromodulation headset for the treatment of depression is approved and marketed in the EU. However, two years on, the company is still waiting for US FDA approval despite being assigned breakthrough device designation.
Overlapping clinical testing requirements and decision-making around significant changes to MDAI are among the tricky subjects that the new document explains.
After multiple warning letters and safety communications, the US FDA has decided to block the import of certain endoscopes from Olympus. In total, the agency’s action pertains to 58 device models manufactured by the Japanese firm used in urinary, respiratory, abdominal and pelvic procedures.
Healthcare product industries await publication of the NHS 10-Year Plan, due out the coming days, which will focus on health generally not just the NHS, UK health secretary Wes Streeting said during a final prelaunch event on 24 June.
From June 30, new European Commission rules will attempt to redress an imbalance in medtech trade between the EU and the People’s Republic of China.
