Coalition urges FDA to issue identifier rule for medical devices

The Advancing Patient Safety Coalition, whose members include the American Hospital Association and its Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management affiliate, last month urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to quickly issue a proposed rule creating a unique device identification (UDI) system. The Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 includes language requiring the FDA to promulgate regulations establishing a national UDI system for medical devices.

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