Becker's Healthcare May 16, 2024
Instructions for medical devices are unnecessarily complex, and the federal process for these labels needs an overhaul, according to the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.
In a 27-page report shared with lawmakers and the FDA, the organization said most medical supply manuals are obsolete for current infection prevention and control practices.
Medical device cleaning instructions, known as instructions for use or IFUs, are “often not available, difficult to locate, out-of-date, overly complex, brand specific, and/or provide instructions that seem focused on protecting medical devices and their warranties rather than protecting patients from being exposed to pathogens,” APIC said May 16.
Attempting to correct these issues is convoluted, the organization said, because manufacturers update IFUs without...
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