CDRH To Start New Year By Expanding Alternative Summary Reporting
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Malfunction reports for ventilators and surgical staplers will be eligible for alternative summary reporting (ASR) in early 2001, FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health officials predict.
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