Resources

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Here we provide further information and articles about how the GMDN can be used to support patient safety.

• GMDN Case Study - MSF
• Regulator’s Use of GMDN
• How GMDN and bar codes fit together to help hospitals, medical studies and patient safety
• Confusing names for similar medical products and how the GMDN brings much-needed clarity
• Developments in lower limb prostheses
• Terms Data Export Field Descriptions

Further reading and academic studies

(Some of these articles require a subscription)

• Moving breast implant registries forward: Are they FAIR and Functional?. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery.
• Device Categorization Work Group - Summary of Findings and Recommendations. Learning UDI Community.
• UDI Guidance - Unique Device Identification (UDI) of Medical Devices. IMDRF.
• Recommendations for a National Medical Device Evaluation System. US Gov.
• Model-Based Risks as a Path to Safer Medical Devices. Fraunhofer Institute.
• Current state of medical device nomenclature and taxonomy systems in the UK: spotlight on GMDN and SNOMED CT. NICE.
• NHS Pre-acquisition questionnaire (PAQ form) for Medical Devices. UK Department of Health & Social Care.
• WHO Global Model Regulatory Framework for Medical Devices (4.2.3.2 Listing of medical devices). WHO.

GMDN in the news

Information about the GMDN appears in the trade press. Here is a selection of recent reports.

• Medical protective equipment – it’s a complicated world!. Hospital Hub. 29 April 2020
• We Need Better Data to Make Better Decisions. MedTech Intelligence. 25 March 2020
• MDR and IVDR advice could be provided through GMDN data. Med-tech Innovation. 24 February 2020
• Big Data and Post Market Surveillance of Medical Devices. MedTech Intelligence. 25 November 2019
• GMDN sees significant rise in membership since April. Med-tech Innovation. 15 October 2019
• Change on the horizon. Medical Device Developments. 16 May 2019
• The Global Medical Device Nomenclature is now free available for all manufacturers. Medical Device Developments. 4 April 2019
• Global Medical Device Nomenclature made freely available to manufacturers. Medical Plastics News. 3 April 2019
• Manufacturers can now access Global Medical Device Nomenclature for free. Med-Tech Innovation. 3 April 2019