The Federal government wants to have a German implants register to build up, to help, implanted medicine to control products. In the Register is to be stored, which patient, when and where was used in which the implant and in case of doubt, out of surgery. In November, the had made Süddeutsche Zeitung, NDR and WDR on problems with medical products and dangerous shortcomings. the Kristiana Ludwig, and Frederik Obermaier Kristiana Ludwig
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follow The Federal government presented a draft law for a German implants register. The database will help to control implanted medical devices like pacemakers, breast implants or artificial hip joints better. Until the end of November, the Süddeutsche Zeitung, NDR and WDR had made in the frame of global research of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) on problems with medical products, the “Implant Files” revealed dangerous abuses. For years now, is thinking about an implant register, the Implant-Files, have encouraged the Ministry of health”, as the existing System can be improved by the approval and Surveillance of medical products,” it said from Berlin.
the present As is clear from the draft law, the SZ should be established in the implants tab at the German Institute for Medical documentation and Information (Dimdi), Federal Ministry of health. In the future, will be stored there, which patients, when and where, which implant, and in case of doubt, out of surgery was. In the long run, it can also determine which implants that led to injuries or even death in some cases. In the future, should be avoided also, “that in some health facilities still products to be implanted, which are elsewhere noticed as a problem”, – stated in the explanatory Memorandum.
construction to start in 2020 and three to five years
take the case of return of defective prostheses, or a pacemaker, an implant register is helpful. So far, manufacturers, hospitals and Doctors need to inform, to notify, in turn, their patients. So at least the theory. As the Implant-Files-showed research of SZ, NDR and WDR, have patients experienced in the past, but often weeks, or even months, that an implant that you carry in your body, is in error.
patients had in Germany so far, little opportunities to learn about potentially defective medical devices. The Federal Institute for drugs and medical devices (BfArM) collects the problems, the report to Doctors and the manufacturer in connection with implants, but the database is different than in the US – not visible from the outside. The BfArM has denied also the information about which errors have resulted in implants in the past in the Federal Republic of Germany to the most deaths.
The implants registry law to come into effect in 2020. The structure of the register will then be expected to last for three to five years, said Federal Minister of health, Jens Spahn (CDU) of the Rheinische Post.