Module 18 2021

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Not everything used or intended to be used in a healthcare environment are medical devices:

Patient identity bracelets, chairs for use in surgeries and hospitals, healthcare professionals’ clothing (except sterile theatre drapes etc), porters’ chairs (wheelchairs for transporting patients), portable ramps, pyjamas and other bedclothes or materials claiming anti-microbial action

Things for use in the home or at work may be medical devices:

Hypo allergenic bedding, orthopaedic mattresses (with specific claims)

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Are these medical devices?

Heating Gel for pain release

Pill dispenser

Toothbrush

Safety glasses

Acupuncture needles:

Tattoo needles:

Incontinence pads

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