MedSun: Playing a Vital Role in Ensuring Medical Device Safety
The Medical Product Safety Network (MedSun) is a pilot program launched in 2002 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). The primary goals for MedSun are to identify, understand and share information about problems with the use of medical devices. MedSun plays an important role in FDA's post-market surveillance effort.
A Proactive Approach to Device Safety
Hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare facilities are currently required to report medical device problems under the Safe Medical Devices Act (SMDA) using the MedWatch 3500A form. MedSun provides a secure, Internet-based data entry system that automates this process and helps gather other additional data that can help FDA, device manufacturers, and clinical facilities proactively address safety concerns before serious injuries or deaths occur.
Please take a few minutes to review the site - including the quotes from MedSun participants. As a MedSun member, your facility could help play an important role in improving device safety.
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