What is the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Evaluation Service?
The Medical Devices Agency (MDA) has been merged with the Medicines Control Agency (MCA) as of the 1st April 2003, to form the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Evaluation Service is funded by the NHS for the NHS to assess the safety, reliability and performance of a range of medical devices. The aim is to provide independent and impartial advice to inform purchasing decisions and encourage the safe use of medical devices, based on our technical assessments and, when appropriate, comments from users. We evaluate high capital cost or high risk devices specifically: diagnostic imaging (including CT, MR, X-ray); general medical/intensive care (including anaesthetic workstations, infusion pumps, baby incubators); pathology (including HIV, HBV, HCV kits, blood glucose monitors).
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