MedCity News November 11, 2021
By increasing oversight and regulation of independent service operators to ensure the quality, safety, and effectiveness of all device servicing Congress and the FDA can prevent future patients and providers from having to experience unnecessary harm caused by faulty medical device repair.
Over the past 18 months, the Covid-19 pandemic has of course put significant stress on the nation’s healthcare system. Hospitals have been overwhelmed, physicians stretched thin, and supplies have often ran low. All the while, providers have steadily worked hard to ensure their patients remained safe by taking extra steps to purify the air, sterilize equipment, and social distance. But one aspect of hospital preparedness out of providers’ hands could undermine safety precautions: the lack of qualifications of...