Following highly anticipated announcements, the FDA has authorized and recommended the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and Moderna’s mRNA vaccine for Emergency Use Authorization. Additionally, vaccines from AstraZeneca and Janssen (J&J) are currently in...
Coronavirus has been rapidly spreading throughout the world. As of April 8th, there are nearly 1.5 million cases worldwide, as well as over 425,000 cases in the United States alone (Worldometers, 2020). With so many people contracting the virus so quickly, the health...
High-tech devices have been experiencing many recalls over the past few years. According to FierceHealthcare, one of the commonalities in the recalls is the software. In the article, Bethany Hills argues that as software intricacies increase, the margin of error...
What are Unique Device Identifiers (UDI)? The Unique Device Identifier (UDI) system is a numbering system devised by the FDA in 2013 in order to better mark and identify medical devices within the healthcare supply chain. The UDI code is comprised of two components:...
