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AAMI Targets Costa Rica Regulatory, Quality Professionals For Education

The international group aims for programs to begin in early 2021

 
• By Shawn M. Schmitt

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation is launching a slate of educational programs for medtech regulatory and quality assurance professionals in the Latin American country.

Map with pin point of Costa Rica in Caribbean

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) has targeted Costa Rica for a slate of educational programs aimed at medtech regulatory and quality professionals there.

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