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Post Market Surveillance & Adverse Event Reporting What is an

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<strong>Post</strong> <strong>Market</strong> <strong>Surveill<strong>an</strong>ce</strong> & <strong>Adverse</strong><strong>Event</strong> <strong>Reporting</strong><strong>What</strong> <strong>is</strong> <strong>an</strong> <strong>Adverse</strong> <strong>Event</strong> : (EU)INCIDENT (= <strong>Adverse</strong> <strong>Event</strong> in the context of th<strong>is</strong> overview)“Any malfunction or deterioration in the character<strong>is</strong>tics <strong>an</strong>d/orperform<strong>an</strong>ce of a device, as well as <strong>an</strong>y inadequacy in the labelingor the instructions for use which, directly or indirectly, might leadto or might have led to the death of a patient, or user or of otherpersons or to a serious deterioration in their state of health.”Source: MEDDEV 2.12http://ec.europa.eu/health/medical-devices/files/meddev/2_12_1_ol_en.pdf

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