COMMISSION IMPLEMENTATION DECISION M/575 was issued 14 April 2021: This is a list of standards the EU Commission is hoping to Harmonize under MDR and IVDR. One of the issues is the HAS consultant has issued a negative assessment on
IEC Article on IEC 60601 Series Amendments Project
A good summary article on IEC e-Tech News about the IEC 60601 Series Amendments project that published last summer (2020) the General 60601-1, and Collateral standards (60601-1-XX). Please note that you need to read further comments in some of my articles about IEC 60601-1 for IEC 62368-1 and IEC 60601-1-2 for some additional details. One blog post is an article from InCompliance
Interpretation Sheet on Essential Performance & Single Fault Condition for IEC 60601-1:2005+A1:2012
Essential Performance (EP) initially came into the IEC 60601 series of standards when the 3rd edition of IEC 60601-1:2005 was published. The definition was quite confusing and many manufacturers, regulators and test houses had a hard time with it and how to apply it properly. In 3rd edition (2005) + amendment 1 (2012) some clarification came into play which made it easier to understand but there is still a fair amount of confusion.
Notified Bodies Can do Remote Audits for MDR & IVDR
Notified bodies can now do remote audits for the MDR and IVDR — Member states need to Notify the EU Commission of Notified Bodies not conducting on-site audits & the period of time this will not be happening. So remote
FDA Finally Adds to Fall 2020 Recognized Consensus Standards db for Cycle Update
Updated 22 Dec 2020 – In the last couple of years, the FDA has started to post the standards updates on their Recognized Consensus Standards db prior to publishing in the Federal Register (FR). This year, being the year we