Member States second information session on medical devices nomenclature
Overview
The virtual Information session on Medical devices nomenclature took place 23 September 2021 from 09:00 to 11:00 CET in response to the request from the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly, in the context of the Report by the Director-General on Standardization of medical devices nomenclature (document EB148/13) and the document for the WHA74 and recording Member States interventions on 28 and 29 May 2021.
The recording and presentation slides are available for download.
The agenda included the following items:
- Welcome by Mariangela Simao, Assistant Director-General, Access to Medicines and Health Products Division.
- Stakeholders presentations and Member States discussion, coordinated by Dr Clive Ondari, Director, Health Product Policy and Standards Department.
- Methodology and outcomes of the consultations, by Adriana Velazquez Team Lead for Medical Devices.
- Presentation of the 4 nomenclature systems: EMND, GMDN, UMDNS, UNSPSC and by other stakeholders. IFMBE statements were made only orally, here are the accompanying slides.
- Presentation of nomenclature mapping pilot
- Addressing questions and proposals from Member States
- Next steps and closing statement.
Interpretation was available in the six official languages.
Further information on the nomenclature of medical devices is available at: medical devices and nomenclature medical devices, where all the surveys done in the last month are published. The convergence platforms discussed during the session are available below:
Should you require additional information please do not hesitate to contact: medicaldevices@who.int
Video recording
Note: The meeting starts 24:08 into the video
Audio Recording