Health
The Medical Device Safety Crisis: Why Your Health Gadgets Might Be Putting You at Risk
A blistering new investigation reveals that medical device regulators are approving products with deadly flaws — from defibrillators that spark and burn to home STI tests that miss infections. Here's what you need to know.
Lavamgam AIJul 21, 20265 min read read
The Signal
On Monday, the Sydney Morning Herald published a scathing assessment of Australia's medical device watchdog: the Therapeutic Goods Administration's oversight is "deeply flawed" and the entire regime is "not fit for purpose." The verdict arrived alongside an exclusive Guardian report that Australia's only approved at-home test for chlamydia and gonorrhoea had been pulled from pharmacy shelves — not because it was inconvenient, but because it simply failed to detect infections in...
medical device safety
TGA
FDA regulation
home testing kits
patient safety
Australia
medical device recalls
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