US regulators float ideas for boosting medical device safety
April 18, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials on Tuesday proposed steps to improve the government's system for overseeing medical devices, which has been criticized for years for failing to catch problems with risky implants and medical instruments.
The plan from the Food and Drug Administration includes few immediate changes, but lists a number of ideas and proposals with the goal of improving safeguards on pacemakers, artificial joints, medical scanners and other devices.
Among other measures, the FDA will consider requiring more training for doctors who implant certain high-risk devices. But...
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