This newsletter contains articles on IEC 60601-1, 3rd ed (published in MD&DI – Sept ‘09), The Amendment to the Medical Device Directive, Pre-Announcement of our Gap Analysis & Update Package for the MDD Amendment 2007/47/EC, our Standards & Regulations Update Service, announcement of the Medical Device Track at the Oct ‘09 IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society, and on the launch of Eisner Safety Consultants New Website.

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The article discusses when IEC 60601-1:2005 will be mandatory, including the US, EU, & Canadian National versions.  There is a look at the development of the standard and why implementation has taken so long.  As there can be conflicting requirements for the manufacturers the article discusses the steps to consider in developing a company strategy to transition from second to third edition for its product lines. This last item is a special segment in the web version only.

MD&DI May ‘09 article on Risk Management by Mike Schmidt