Legislation Calls for Unique IDs to Improve Device Safety

Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) have proposed legislation that would require the FDA to issue a unique device identifier rule by the end of 2012 to boost device safety.

Read the full report in Becker's Hospital Review on the proposed Ensuring Safe Medical Devices for Patients Act.

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