Department: upFront: DEVICE SAFETY
Mirsaidi, Nasrin RN, CNOR, MSN
Nasrin Mirsaidi is a nurse-consultant for general and plastic surgery devices at the Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
Although you need to support your health care facility's adverse event—reporting policy, you may voluntarily report a medical device that doesn't perform as intended by contacting MedWatch at 1-800-FDA-1088 (fax: 1-800-FDA-0178) or online at http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/how.htm. The opinions and statements in this report are those of the author and may not reflect the views of the Department of Health and Human Services. Beverly Albrecht Gallauresi, RN, BS, MPH, who coordinates Device Safety, is a cardiovascular nurse-consultant at the Center for Devices and Radiological Health at the Food and Drug Administration in Rockville, Md.
doi: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000327465.69676.1c
