A long-awaited U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed rule requiring unique identifiers on medical devices was published July 10 in the Federal Register. See Also: Reduce Cloud Risk in Healthcare ...

An FDA proposal to require device manufacturers and hospitals to adopt a universal bar code system or other technology to identify individual devices is expected to be published in Wednesday's Federal ...

IRVING, Texas, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 6, Novation submitted comments to the Food and Drug Administration regarding the implementation of a Unique Device Identification (UDI) system ...

Members of the Premier alliance applaud recently introduced legislation that would require implementation of a unique device identification system for medical devices to improve medical device safety.

A new method of tracking medical device malfunctions, the unique device identification (UDI) number, may lead to a curb in malfunctions of lifesaving devices such as the personal defibrillator. The ...

Dublin, April 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- The "Unique Device Identification (UDI) and Labelling for Medical Device Manufacturers Training Course (June 8, 2026)" training has been added to ...

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You would think that a 2007 federal law related to patient safety would be implemented five years later. You'd be wrong. The law in question will give hospitals unique identifiers for every medical ...