The EU Commission’s Medical Device Coordination Group issued a guidance providing details on how notified bodies can reference Medical Device Single Audit Program  audit reports when planning surveillance audits under the MDR or IVDR. Meditrial can help you to get your medical or in-vitro device documentation ready for the next audit by EU or US authorithies. Reach out to Meditrial today!

Guidance keypoints:

• MDSAP audit reports cannot replace the annual surveillance audits required under MDR/IVDR
• MDSAP audit reports within the EU legislative framework are possible only where the MDSAP audit covers similar or equivalent MDR/IVDR requirements
• the scope and outputs of manufacturers’ recent MDSAP audit reports can be taken into account as an input for developing surveillance audit programmes
• nonconformities raised in MDSAP audit reports  can trigger the notified body to pay particular attention to those aspects in the MDR/IVDR planned surveillance audit
• MDSAP audit reports should not be used for initial quality management system audits required for EU QMS certificates
• Reports from unannounced MDSAP audits or special audits, should not be taken into account in narrowing of focus in MDR/IVDR surveillance audits.

For more details, please see the guidance from the Medical Device Coordination Group.

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