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The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) has commissioned a study on supporting the monitoring of availability of medical devices on the EU market.
This is an important study as the data gathered will help identify challenges affecting device availability. It may also provide potential solutions to challenges for device availability in the EU.
Study details
The study has been contracted to a consortium led by the Austrian National Public Health Institute, in collaboration with Areté and Civic Consulting.
The study started in December 2022 and will be running for 36 months up to December 2025.
As part of the contractor’s data gathering activities, healthcare professionals are being consulted to take part in surveys and interviews.
The contractor has developed a one page summary to provide further information about the study.
Survey
The online survey for healthcare professionals opened on 14 August.
The aim of the survey is to identify any issues being experienced in health care settings of device availability. We are encouraging all Irish based health care providers to participate in this survey to gather data on the availability of devices in Ireland. Participation in this survey will help identify where medical devices have been or may become unavailable.
The deadline for feedback is 30 September 2024.