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ISO 14971:2019 Overview of structure and contents

4.2 Management responsibilities

Top management shall provide evidence of its commitment to the risk management process by ensuring: — the provision of adequate resources; and — the assignment of competent personnel (see 4.3) for risk management. 4.3 Competence of personnel Persons performing risk management tasks shall be competent on the basis of education, training, skills and experience appropriate to the tasks assigned to them. Where appropriate, these persons shall have knowledge of and experience with the particular medical device (or similar medical devices ) and its use, the technologies involved or the risk management techniques employed. Appropriate records shall be maintained. NOTE Risk management tasks can be performed by representatives of several functions, each contributing their specialist knowledge.

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BS EN ISO 14971: Overview of structure and contents

Risk Management Team Regulatory

Risk management Design engineers Production engineers Quality Clinical expertise Other specialist expertise as required

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