Industry Leadership and Involvement
Industry Leadership and Involvement
There are many ways to get involved in the MedAccred program, one of the most important developments in the medical device industry in recent years.
Managed by industry representatives for the benefit of all, the MedAccred program adds value to its stakeholders through its integral role in assuring end product quality. We don’t make the products, but we make the products better. In an industry where quality is mission critical, we are proud to work closely with the best of the best for our mutual goal: making the public safer.
An increasing number of medical device companies are actively participating in the MedAccred program.
Below are just a few of the companies actively involved. Contact us for more information.
Current Subscribers:
- BD
- Boston Scientific
- Edwards Lifesciences
- Medtronic
- Philips
- Stryker
- W.L. Gore
Pending Subscribers:
- Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
- Zimmer Biomet
Benefits
Industry-wide
- Unified approach to identifying risk
- Reduction in non-conforming product
- Mitigate in-service risk of product failure
- Reduced scrap and rework
- Improved product quality
- Cost reductions
- On-time delivery
- Improved control of supply chain
Management
- Strategically redeploy personnel to critical areas
- Reduce expenditure
- Lead-time reduction
- Better products through deeper audits for assured compliance
- Reduced scrap
- Reduced rework
- Cost savings
Technical
- Work with peers to develop audit criteria and approve Auditors used by the whole industry around the world
- Participate in global supply chain assessment activities
- Incorporation of your company’s specific requirements into the MedAccred audit criteria
- More robust, consistent approach to audits
Leading Medical Device Company Executive Panel – Assessing World Class Suppliers Committed to Improved Patient Safety
On the Center Stage at MD&M West 2022, executives from major medical device companies discussed the value of MedAccred to assess their global supply chains to improve product quality, and enhance patient safety. Learn how experts from 10 of the major medical device companies have worked collaboratively to develop this industry-managed program focused on critical manufacturing process capability and execution through the tiers in the supply chain. Find out about their strategies for utilizing MedAccred to identify strategic suppliers for future growth opportunities.
Sterigenics and MedAccred Sterilization Accreditation
Aaron DeMent, Vice President of Sterilization Technologies at Sterigenics shared his perspective on the value of MedAccred Sterilization Accreditation to Sterigenics and to the medical device industry. Aaron states during the video that, “Having MedAccred with one consistent audit program at the highest level of technical competence is very useful for Sterigenics… Almost all of the audits we face, whether it be from the FDA or Notified Bodies – those audits show that we have a quality system, but it does not really get to the heart of whether you are doing things right or not from a technical perspective.”
- Made up of senior quality leaders from industry
- Oversees the operation of MedAccred
- Establishes and implements policies and procedures
- Coordinates and develops the Task Groups
- Identifies, develops and deploys improvements
- Made up of technical experts from industry
- Determine audit requirements
- Develop documents such as checklists and training
- Accept corrective action responses submitted by auditees in response to audit non-conformances (Subscribers only)
- Make the final decision on accreditation (Subscribers only)
