Webinar: Nomenclature of medical devices: EMDN & GMDN

8 July 2024 14:00 – 15:00 CET

Welcome! This is a past webinar! Now the recording and the slides are available. 

When: July 8, 2024, 14:00 Amsterdam, Berlin Rome, Vienna.

Language: English

In accordance to the WHA75(25) decision on nomenclature of medical devices, WHO convenes this webinar to present the inclusion of EMDN and GMDN nomenclature systems in WHO platforms including MeDevIS.

 

Agenda

WHO Decision

In 2022, Decision WHA75(25) was adopted. The decision is available in the following link:  Standardization of medical devices nomenclature.

 

WHO databases for medical devices and in vitro diagnostics

WHO Priority Medical Devices List - MeDevIS

WHO Model list of essential in vitro diagnostics - eEDL

 

Contact information

EMDN

For more information on EMDN visit https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/dyna2/emdn/ or send an email to sante-med-dev@ec.europa.eu  and sante-emdn@ec.europa.eu

GMDN

For more information on GMDN visit https://www.gmdnagency.org/ or send an email to admin@gmdnagency.org  

WHO Medical devices

For more information on medical devices visit https://www.who.int/health-topics/medical-devices or send an email to medicaldevices@who.int 

 

Questions and answers

During the webinar, WHO received 20 questions through the Q& A and the chat. All questions were answered by the speakers and are available here.