Sichuan Economic Net News (Reporter Zhang Shiruo) Recently, the Sichuan Tianfu New District Market Supervision Bureau has closely combined with the “Spring Thunder Action 2022” law enforcement action “Ensuring the quality and safety of rural medicines” sub-action, and has conducted a Medical institutions have conducted centralized special inspections on the quality and safety of medical devices used.
During the inspection, law enforcement officers found that 3 clinics had placed medical devices that had expired on the operating table, and had no expired product warning signs, which were not related to those within the validity period. The other medical devices used are placed separately and continue to be used, posing potential safety hazards. Law enforcement officers immediately sealed up and seized the expired medical devices, and launched an investigation.
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the above 3 clinics used expired medical equipment The behavior violated Article 86 of the Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Medical Devices. Sichuan Tianfu New District Market Supervision Bureau made a decision to confiscate all expired medical devices and illegal income from the above medical institutions according to law, and fined 20,000 yuan for each of the three clinics.
“Because the 3 clinics that were punished did not check and test in time, the products expired without knowing it, resulting in the mixing of expired medical devices and valid medical devices, and the warning signs were not set up in time or destroyed in time according to regulations. , they have serious loopholes in the management and use of medical devices.” The bureau reminded that the majority of medical device operators and users should strictly review the relevant qualifications of product manufacturers, suppliers and the products themselves when purchasing medical devices. Production and shelf life of purchased products. In daily operation and use, it is necessary to do regular inspection, inspection, calibration, maintenance and maintenance of medical devices.
It is reported that since the launch of the “Spring Thunder Action 2022” law enforcement action, the Tianfu New Area Market Supervision Bureau has been problem-oriented and made precise efforts to strengthen the supervision of the use of medical devices, strengthen the main responsibility of medical institutions, and improve the management system. To further ensure the standardized and orderly use of medical devices, a total of 38 illegal cases of related medical devices were investigated and punished, with a fine of 282,000 yuan.
(Picture provided by Tianfu New Area Market Supervision Bureau)