Progress Is Slow But It Does Seem To Be Gradually Happening.

This appeared last week:Therapeutic Goods Admin issues security guidance for medical devicesBy Simon Sharwood on Jul 19, 2019 11:24AM 'Please do security right and see your doctor if pain persists' is the gist of it. Australia ’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has published new guidelines for the security of medical devices and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) medical equipment.Revealed on 18 July here, the new guidance comes in one version for Guidance for consumers, health professionals, small business operators and large scale service providers (pdf) and another for industry (pdf).Neither go too far beyond generic advice, in part because legislation and regulations already offer more detailed advice.The guidance for industry even points out that the “Essential Principles” it outlines “are not a prescriptive list of requirements for manufacturers to comply with and instead provide high level principles for flexibility according to the characteristics of the device.”Device... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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