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Quite
often, medical product manufacturers receive complaints of
device malfunctions, serious injuries or deaths associated
with medical devices. Manufacturers are also required to
have additional postmarketing activities, postmarket
surveillance for the monitoring of products after their
clearance to market and device tracking for maintaining
traceability of certain devices to the user level.
The book
covers a wide range of devices from simplest infusion
devices, endotracheal / tracheostomy tubes, leukocyte
reduction filters, guide wires, dialysis filters, vascular
haemostasis devices, blood coating devices to artificial
heart . It also highlights important issues like safety of
healthcare professionals, reuse of single-use devices,
cross-contamination, allergies to use of latex,
sterilization methods, dialysis procedure etc.
Readers
would also enjoy and get enlightened by the quotes given
on all the pages which speak volumes “In A Nutshell”.
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