The ACHIEVE Blog

Insights on risk management topics and tips and techniques for implementation.

Weekly Live Series, Episode 3: Understanding Severity Levels achievelivesessions postmarket surveillance risk estimation severity warning letter May 16, 2022

In this episode, we focus on some of the practical challenges in implementing a severity scale to analyze the risk of harm associated with medical devices. Industry practice is to use a 1-5 scale...

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How to Handle the Risk of Delayed Treatment fmea hazard analysis risk analysis risk assessment risk level severity Jan 29, 2022

Should we treat it as a hazard, a hazardous situation or a harm?

A diagnostic device gives a false or invalid result causing a delay in diagnosis and therapy. The software controlling a medical...

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Risk Management Lessons from an FDA Warning Letter complaints handling fda harm hazardous situation risk analysis severity warning letter Jan 16, 2022

When making decisions about investigating customer complaints using severity of harm, make sure the severity levels are correctly and consistently applied.

In a recent warning letter, the FDA cited...

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