title: Used pacemakers: who's keeping track?
abstract: When a medical device salesman was indicted for selling mislabeled and used cardiac pacemakers as new, no one said how he obtained the devices. The incident raises concerns about the standard procedures used by hospitals for the disposal of pacemakers that may be removed from patients. While each hospital has its own rules for disposals, the Safe Medical Devices Act is changing that by requiring the tracking of pacemakers and other medical devices.
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authors: Wagner
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce / Q000592:standards; D004869:Equipment Safety; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000592:standards*; D011358:Product Surveillance, Postmarketing; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration