Preventing Medical Device Recalls

• By: Dev Raheja, Design Assurance Consultant
• Date: October 10, 2011

Medical device recalls happen frequently due to faulty device design or usability. How can medical device manufacturers prevent medical device recalls? What are the best practices to be followed?

In this article, Dev Raheja, a recognized expert on medical devices, discusses the various kinds of recalls, how the FDA oversees these and how to prevent them.