Health and Fitness

FDA Proposes Unique Device Identification System for Medical Devices

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2012.  Today, in response to requirements in legislation that passed Congress with broad bipartisan support, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed that most medical devices distributed in the United States carry a unique device identifier, or UDI.

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A UDI system has the potential to improve the quality of information in medical device adverse events reports, which will help the FDA identify product problems more quickly, better target recalls, and improve…

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