在COVID-19大流行之后,FDA寻求为大众和医疗保健专业人员扩大所需的个人防护设备(PPE)的可用性。例如,最近,FDA公布了两项强制执行政策,宣布放宽某些针对以下方面的上市前审查要求:(1) 口罩s and specific respirators (包括N95防毒口罩)和(2) 手术服装,包括袍子和头巾,以及用于患者检查和手术的检查手套。 As an example of how swiftly regulatory authorities are moving to incorporate developments to date, the guidance for 口罩s and respirators superseded the prior version for those products issued just the week before, on March 25, 2020. These policies are of particular interest not just to traditional medical 设备 manufacturers but those in other industries pivoting to help increase the supply of PPE.
Under the newly published policies, FDA will not enforce premarket notification (510(k)), registration and listing, quality system regulation (QSR) requirements or unique 设备 identification requirements for medical 口罩s and surgical 口罩s if the masks contain appropriate warnings and meet other criteria to prevent 过度风险s to health. 同样,FDA不会对各种礼服,服装和手套执行某些法规要求。这两项强制执行政策为寻求在COVID-19期间合法销售PPE的利益相关者提出了许多问题。
FDA认为,用于医疗目的的口罩(带或不带面罩)均适用,但 不 intended to provide liquid barrier protection, 不要 create an 过度风险 as long as they meet the following criteria:
Reprocessing of single-use medical 设备s generally requires submission of a 510(k). However, 为了鼓励在保护安全的PPE的同时确保安全地重复使用,FDA通过其紧急使用授权(EUA)流程创建了快速评估程序。 在整个公共卫生紧急事件进行期间,建议制造商以其他方式处理的一次性口罩或FFR进行消毒,请联系FDA并向其提供某些信息。 [email protected](如果有),有关后处理程序。 为了帮助促进EUA之前的讨论,FDA建议制造商提供指导文件第9页和第10页上列出的七类信息中列举的尽可能多的数据,包括对消毒/净化过程和控制措施的描述。 。
In short, during the course of this public health emergency, the FDA does not require premarket notification for these types of gowns and has waivers for other premarket approval requirements, so long as the gowns 不要 create an 过度风险.
作为背景,要求中度到高级屏障防护的礼服,例如ANSI / AAMI PB 70 Level 3或4,受到FDA的监管。“surgical gowns.”FDA认为手术衣风险更高“device” than gowns that claim minimal or low levels of barrier protection. This is because these gowns are intended to be worn by operating room personnel during surgical procedures to protect both the patient and operating room personnel from transfer of microorganisms, bodily fluids, and particulate material in moderate- or high-risk situations. Therefore, these gowns have substantial importance in preventing impairment of human health. In fact, the FDA considers such gowns to be class II 设备s, and, as a result, they are typically subject to the FDA’510(k)要求以及FDA’s general controls.
尽管通常在COVID-19公共卫生紧急事件期间,根据新的执法政策,这些礼服必须服从那些法规要求,但FDA表示,中级到高级屏障防护礼服的制造商和分销商 不要 需要:
This assumes that the surgical gowns 不要 create an 过度风险 in light of the public health emergency.
FDA currently believes surgical gowns 不要 create such an 过度风险 where:
如果您忽略了有关抗病毒,抗微生物保护或用于预防感染或减少感染的要求,则礼服符合以下条件:“non-surgical,”无需FDA上市前审查。假设基于FDA,礼服没有造成不适当的风险’s “undue risk”非手术和最小至低阻隔手术服装的因素:
Yes. The new enforcement policy states that the FDA does not intend to enforce any of the standard premarket requirements you mentioned for these gloves provided that the product labeling does not create 过度风险. FDA believes that such 设备s 不要 create an 过度风险 where, for example, the product includes labeling that:
In summary, it is important for medical 设备 manufacturers and distributors to understand the FDA’现行的PPE产品执法政策。 For more information about current guidance, please contact your 佛利 relationship partner. 有关可用于帮助您监控冠状病毒在全球范围内传播的其他基于Web的资源,您不妨访问以下网站: CDC 和 世界卫生组织.
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