How Do You Monitor Medical Device Recalls And Drug Recalls?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) publishes all medical device recalls and drug recalls on their web site. In order to search out a specific product under recall, you will need to know the manufacturing firm, as all searches are keyed off of the firm name. It should be noted that in some cases, drugs or medical devices may be manufactured by one firm under license of another firm. In those instances, the company marketing the product is responsible, and will be the firm of record on the FDA site. In addition, the FDA publishes a weekly report on Wednesdays called the Enforcement Report, listing all recall activities for the prior week. You can register to receive an e-mailed copy of this report. Note that the Enforcement Report covers the entire jurisdiction of the FDA, so it will include food recalls, blood bank issues, as well as medical device and pharmaceutical actions. The FDA web site will list the recalling firm, a description of the product under recall, catalog and lot nu
