Management and Safe Use of Medical Devices
Health technologies are essential for a functioning health system. Medical devices in particular are crucial for safe and effective:
- prevention of disease or illness
- diagnosis of disease or illness
- treatment of disease or illness
- patient rehabilitation
- patient palliation
Furthermore, the achievement of health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) rely upon medical devices proper:
- manufacturing
- regulation
- planning
- assessment
- acquisition
- management
- use
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Seeking supplies in an administrative area in the COVID-19 ward of the Philippine General Hospital in Manila, Philippines on 26 March 2021.
Medical devices should be safe, of good quality and appropriate to the settings in where they are used. Recognizing this important role of health technologies towards universal health coverage, the World Health Assembly adopted resolution WHA60.29 in May 2007. By adopting this resolution, Member States urged expansion of expertise in the field of medical technology. The resolution also requested that WHO supports Member States in achieving WHO’s strategic objective: " to ensure improved access, quality and use of medical products and technologies”
To meet this objective, WHO Medical Devices and In Vitro Diagnostics Team has devised the "WHO Medical Devices Technical Series".
WHO Medical Devices Technical Series
Policy
Human resources
Regulation
WHO Global Model Regulatory Framework for Medical Devices including in vitro diagnostic...
Health Technology Assessment
Management and Use
Medical device donations: considerations for solicitation and provision. Second edition
Introduction to medical equipment inventory management
Medical equipment maintenance programme overview
Priority Medical Devices
The selection and use of essential in vitro diagnostics: report of the fourth meeting...
WHO list of priority medical devices for cancer management
Status Quo of Medical Devices Globally
