Consumers Union urged House and Senate leaders today to adopt a number of provisions from the Senate's FDA User Fee Act that are designed to better protect patients from potentially dangerous medical devices than the version passed by the House.
The House legislation includes a number of patient safety measures, including adding devices to the post market surveillance Sentinel Initiative and setting a deadline for regulations to be finalized for unique device identifiers. However, the Consumers Union believes the Senate's version of the bill is stronger.
The House and Senate are expected to vote on a final version of the legislation before the July 4th congressional recess. To read the Consumers Union's letter to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee, click here.
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The House legislation includes a number of patient safety measures, including adding devices to the post market surveillance Sentinel Initiative and setting a deadline for regulations to be finalized for unique device identifiers. However, the Consumers Union believes the Senate's version of the bill is stronger.
The House and Senate are expected to vote on a final version of the legislation before the July 4th congressional recess. To read the Consumers Union's letter to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee, click here.
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