"I" Can See Clearly Now: Going Beyond the UDI & Medical Device Recall Headlines (7.19.22)

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[Watch this session from our Expert Series? 2022 conference here ] Many of us have heard of Unique Device Identification (#UDI), but what the heck does it have to do with our day-to-day in surgical services? How confident do you feel about your hospital's #DeviceRecall process? Are those just some things manufacturers have to worry about? During this exclusive Expert Series? 2022 Conference session, we sat down with two thought leaders from Power Supply (our sister platform focused on healthcare supply chain), Ashlea Souffrou, UDI Implementation Expert? and Guillermo Ramas, Medical Device Recall Expert?, to lay out everything you need to know (and use!) when it comes to managing UDI & device recalls in healthcare. This is a massive topic -- and massively important for everything we do in Sterile Processing, but we keep the discussion focused and actionable so that you will walk away with a clearer picture of where all of this fits into your role as a frontline clinician and provider.

This would be a great episode to invite any contacts you have in your purchasing, quality, and compliance departments to join you for this UDI & Device Recall learning experience!

Additional Resources & Important Links:

• ????Watch this Expert Series? conference session with Ashlea and Guillermo here .
• ????Check out the entire 2022 Expert Series? conference worth 7 CEs here .
• ????Read more about UDI Implementation from Ashlea's monthly Power Supply Expert Series?
• ?? Listen to this podcast interview entitled Leveraging the UDI Barcode: The Hidden Truth About Inventory
• ????Check out the FDA hub for this content at UDI Rule and Guidances, Training, Resources, and Dockets
• ????Watch this webinar with Jean Sargent entitled Tracking Medical Devices Using the Unique Device Identifier UDI
• ????Read this article entitled Building a More Transparent Healthcare Supply Chain with UDI
• ????Read more about Medical Device Recall from Guillermo's monthly Power Supply Expert Series?
• ?? Listen to this podcast interview entitled Total Recall: Overcoming Alert Fatigue with Product Recalls
• ????Check out the FDA Medical Device Recall searchable database here.
• ?? Read this article entitled Anatomy of a medical device recall: How defective products can slip through an outdated system
• ????Read this article entitled How Can We Use The UDI To Improve The Device Recall Process?
• ????Learn about the new Sterile Processing Microcredential ?that will take you deeper into the intersection of infection prevention, cross-contamination, and reprocessing excellence
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-Hank Balch