TECHNOLOGICAL DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT OF MEDICAL DEVICE ENTERPRISES
Abstract
Background: Technological diversity management in the manufacturing of advanced medical devices is essential. The manufacturing industries of medical devices should act in accordance with the technical guidelines and regulations in order to ensure best practices with the use of devices in hospitals
Aim: To explore safety hazards, cost implications, and social and ethical standards to be considered during the manufacturing of advanced medical devices
Subject and Methods: A qualitative descriptive study was used. There was no targeted sample in the current study whereby secondary data were used to explore the research topic. Secondary sources were obtained from databases including EBSCOHOST, PubMed, ProQuest, Science Direct, and Google Scholar. Peer-reviewed articles, journals, books, conference proceedings, and other web publications were used to gather relevant data.
Results: The current study indicated that the technological diversity management of advanced medical devices is associated with safety hazards like security threats, integrity problems, and medical errors. The study also showed that high cost of standardizations, supply, and purchase of advanced medical devices is a huge burden faced by the manufacturers and users. The study showed that the regulation of the medical devices, certification, and post-market surveillance are essential social and ethical considerations during the manufacturing process of the new medical devices.
Conclusion: The current study explored the technological diversity of advanced medical devices. It is evident in the current study that technology diversity of medical devices is associated with safety hazards and cost implications. The study disclosed that taking into account social and ethical issues aid in manufacturing safe and high quality medical devices.
Keywords:
Advanced Medical devices, Technology diversity management, Social and ethical issues, Safety hazardsDownloads
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