UDI pilot with the Ministry of Health and Social Protection
The MoH reference proposal aims to structure and implement the semantic standard and coding for medical devices for human use in the country.
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It was a challenge to validate the endorsement and approval of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection to carry out a pilot test and make use of the Unique Device Identification (UDI) device identifier (DI) to identify medical devices in Colombia, as well as align healthcare providers with the proposal.
A public consultation was held to review the draft resolution of the proposed semantic standard for UDI. Representatives from GS1 Colombia, the National Association of Businessmen of Colombia (ANDI) and National Federation of Merchants (FENALCO) started meeting with Colombia’s Ministry of Health and Social Protection (MoH) to identify key points about why and how it would implement UDI, according to the needs of the government and healthcare industry.
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