Medical device traceability enabled by unique device identification (UDI), draft technical report published

In February 2014 draft technical report NPR-CEN/TR 14060 was published. This technical report describes the current situation for medical device traceability in Europe and identifies key elements to establish a comprehensive European traceability system that would provide full traceability to the individual patient level.
The assigned Unique Device Identification (UDI) should be captured in a carrier (e.g. barcode or RFID), which is present on the packaging or directly on the device itself.
The Commission Recommendation 2013/172/EU of 5 April 2013 was used in the development of this document (World Packaging Standardisation Newsletter, April 2014).
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