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Medical Devices with Sharps Injury Prevention Features - Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff

FinalCenter for Devices and Radiological Health08/08/2005

Description

This document supersedes Supplementary Guidance on the Content of Premarket Notification [510(k)] Submissions for Medical Devices with Sharps Injury Prevention Features (Antistick), 12/31/2002

Scope & Applicability

Product Classes

3
Medical Devices with Sharps Injury Prevention Features

Subject of the guidance document regarding safety features to prevent needlesticks.

Predicate device

legally marketed device used for comparison

Class II Device

Devices subject to section 522 postmarket surveillance orders; devices subject to postmarket surveillance orders

Stakeholders

1
Health care professionals

End users who use proprietary names for prescribing and dispensing; actively practicing health care professionals, such as prescribers, medical transcribers, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, or nurses

Regulatory Context

Attributes

3
Substantial Equivalence

Standard for 510(k) clearance

Sterility assurance level

support the use of the proposed cycle and the desired sterility assurance level

Pass/fail testing criteria

Specifications related to strength and bench testing

Identified Hazards

Hazards

6
sharps injury

The safety risk the device features are intended to prevent.; The primary risk the device feature is intended to prevent

Needlestick injury

Failure is defined as a needlestick injury or significant problem with the safety feature

Device malfunction

Identified risk associated with sharps injury prevention features

Adverse tissue reaction

Risk management information should identify hazardous situations such as adverse tissue reaction.

Infection

Risk to human health from failure to assure sterility

Improper use

Identified risk associated with sharps injury prevention features

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