National Medical Device Quality Announcement (Issue No. 1, 2016; Total Issue No. 9)



To strengthen the quality supervision and management of medical devices and ensure the safe and effective use of medical device products, the National Medical Products Administration has organized quality supervision spot checks and follow-up inspections on 703 batches (units) of 25 product categories, including metal bone plates, infant incubators, and therapeutic ventilators. The results of these inspections are hereby announced as follows: 1. For the medical device products that failed to meet the prescribed standards in the following follow-up inspections, the provincial-level medical products administration departments where the enterprises are located shall impose strict penalties in accordance with the law, order the manufacturers to suspend production and rectify the affected specifications and models, and recall all batches of the same model. At the same time, the authorities shall organize inspections of the manufacturing enterprises.