Vigilance on Medical Devices

The Report on medical devices Vigilance activities was published by the Italian Ministry of Health to share with all those involved in the medical devices sector the data obtained from the analysis of Vigilance activities, in order to ensure the circulation of safe medical devices to be used by patients and healthcare professionals throughout the national territory.

The shared Report is divided into the following sections:

1. Data on incidents that occurred in 2018, particularly those medical devices categories with the highest frequency of accidents such as active implantable devices (27,03%) and implantgable prosthetic devices produced for osteosynthesis (21,37%)
2. Insights on particular interesting topics.

http://www.salute.gov.it/imgs/C_17_pubblicazioni_2940_allegato.pdf