MDO Article: Five Qualities of a Good Use Risk Assessment (uFMEA)

by Christina S

What makes a use risk assessment good? Researcher Bryon Calawa answers that question in Design Science’s latest guest column for MedDeviceOnline.

After working with a wide variety of different products and use risk assessments, Bryon states that “there is a right way and a wrong way to complete an assessment.” He contends that it is worth the effort, time and care to invest in a good use risk assessment that will put your validation study on the “path to success.”

For Bryon’s five qualities of a good use risk assessment, read the full article here.


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The MDO article was adapted from a post initially edited by Lindsey Stefan.

 

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