Medical devices: Health professionals
Health professionals include doctors, psychologists, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, biomedical engineers, physiotherapists, practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, osteopaths, and hospital administration.
Medical devices
- What is a medical device? <http://www.tga.gov.au/devices/whatis.htm>
- Medical devices on the ARTG
<http://www.tga.gov.au/devices/devlist.htm> - How to tell if a medical device is legally supplied for use in Australia
<http://www.tga.gov.au/devices/legalsupply.htm> - Advice about medical devices
<http://www.tga.gov.au/devices/hpadvice.htm> - Breast implants
<http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/breasti.htm> - Reusable devices
<http://www.tga.gov.au/devices/reusdev_phr.htm> - Accessing unapproved devices
<http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/unapp.htm>
Regulatory requirements
- Glossary of terms & definitions
<http://www.tga.gov.au/web/glossary.htm> - Regulatory guidelines
<http://www.tga.gov.au/devices/guidelines.htm> - Device labelling
<http://www.tga.gov.au/label/devices.htm> - Concerns about advertising
<http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/complaint.htm> - Clinical trials
<http://www.tga.gov.au/ct/index.htm>
Product safety
- Alerts/advisory statements
<http://www.tga.gov.au/alerts/index.htm> - Recalled medical devices
<http://www.tga.gov.au/recalls/devices.htm> - Suspicious labelling
<http://www.tga.gov.au/label/index.htm> - Adverse event reporting
<http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/forms/iris_udir.htm>
Other information
- Contact details for enquiries
<http://www.tga.gov.au/devices/contacts.htm> - Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
<http://www.health.gov.au> - Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
<http://www.safetyandquality.org>