Patient safety

Educating healthcare providers about patient safety and enabling them to use the tools and knowledge to build and maintain a safe system is fundamental to creating a culture of safety across the spectrum of care”. There is a worldwide requirement today for accreditation and quality standards in Healthcare. In all the standards and regulatory bodies, there are strong components of medical devices management, such as medical device defect reporting, incident management and reporting, and risk management. Medical devices represents the most sizable investment in hospitals, they play an important role in the diagnosis, Prevention, monitoring, treatment, or alleviation of disease. Medical devices are regulated throughout their life span from conception and development to disposal. The objective of medical devices regulations is ensuring their safety, quality, effectiveness, performance according to the intended purpose. There is significant risk to staff and patients from use and/or misuse of medical devices. However, appropriate implementation of medical devices regulation will enhance public health, patient safety, and the safety of health care professionals and environment.