BS EN ISO 13485:2016 pdf free.Medical devices – Quality management systems – Requirements for regulatory purposes.
This International Standard specifies requirements for a quality management system that can be used by an organization involved in one or more stages of the life-cycle of a medical device, including design and development, production, storage and distribution, installation, servicing and final decommissioning and disposal of medical devices, and design and development, or provision of associated activities (e.g. technical support). The requirements in this International Standard can also be used by suppliers or other external parties providing product (e.g. raw materials, components, subassemblies, medical devices, sterilization services, calibration services, distribution services, maintenance services) to such organizations. The supplier or external party can voluntarily choose to conform to the requirements of this International Standard or can be required by contract to conform.
The definitions in applicable regulatory requirements differ from nation to nation and region to region. The organization needs to understand how the definitions in this International Standard will be interpreted in light of regulatory definitions in the jurisdictions in which the medical devices are made ava liable.
This International Standard can also be used by internal and external parties, including certification bodies, to assess the organization’s ability to meet customer and regulatory requirements applicable to the quality management system and the organization’s own requirements. it is emphasized that the quality management system requirements specified in this International Standard are complementary to the technical requirements for product that are necessary to meet customer and applicable regulatory requirements for safety and performance.
This International Standard is based on a process approach to quality management. Any activity that receives input and converts it to output can be considered as a process. Often the output from one process directly forms the input to the next process.
For an organization to function effectively, it needs to identify and manage numerous linked processes. The application of a system of processes within an organization, together with the identification and interactions of these processes, and their management to produce the desired outcome, can be referred to as the “process approach.”
When used within a quality management system, such an approach emphasizes the importance of:
a) understanding and meeting requirements;
b) considering processes in terms of added value;
c) obtaining results of process performance and effectiveness;
d) improving processes based on objective measurement.
This International Standard specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organization needs to demonstrate its ability to provide medical devices and related services that consistently meet customer and applicable regulatory requirements. Such organizations can be involved in one or more stages of the life-cycle, including design and development, production, storage and distribution, installation, or servicing of a medical device and design and development or provision of associated activities (e.g. technical support). This International Standard can also be used by suppliers or external parties that provide product, including quality management system-related services to such organizations.
Requirements of this International Standard are applicable to organizations regardless of their size and regardless of their type except where explicitly stated. Wherever requirements are specified as applying to medical devices, the requirements apply equally to associated services as supplied by the organization.
The processes required by this International Standard that are applicable to the organization, but are not performed by the organization, are the responsibility of the organization and are accounted for in the organization’s quality mangcmcnt system by monitoring, maintaining, and controlling the processes.
If applicable regulatory requirements permit exclusions of design and development controls, this can be used as a justification for their exclusion from the quality management system. These regulatory requirements can provide alternative approaches that are to be addressed in the quality management system. It is the responsibility of the organization to ensure that claims of conformity to this International Standard reflect any exclusion of design and development controls.