Udi For Reusable Medical Devices

Udi labelling will be required for class i devices from 26thmay 2025.

Udi for reusable medical devices.

The ministry of food and drug safety will introduce the udi system which will manage all information from production to distribution and final use of medical devices in 2019 project has phase approach starting in 2017 device identifier production identifier 32. All reusable devices subject to dm udi on the device itself dm udi may be provided through either or both. The udi system is intended to provide a single globally harmonized system for positive identification of medical devices. In the case of reusable devices the udi is additionally required on the device itself but only two years after the date of application on the labelling for the respective class of device.

The udi carrier shall be placed on the label of the device and on all higher levels of packaging and in case of reusable devices on the device itself direct marking. Under 21 cfr 801 45 a device that must bear a unique device identifier udi on its label must also bear a permanent marking providing the udi on the device itself if the device is intended to. This element will be key for the traceability of devices in europe. Healthcare professionals and patients will no longer have to access multiple inconsistent and incomplete sources in an attempt to identify a medical device and its key attributes.

Medical devices and performance study investigational devices. Readable plain text aidc technology exempt from the dm requirement o interfere with the safety performance o it is not technologically feasible 13. A class ii device that is required to be labeled with a udi must bear a udi as a permanent marking on the device itself if the device is a device.