• Medical Product Safety Information(Food and Drug Administration)
• Recently Approved Devices(Center for Devices and Radiological Health)

• Compression Stockings Often Incorrectly Used(08/20/2008, HealthDay)
• Drug-Coated Stents Reduce Repeat Artery Procedures(06/25/2008, HealthDay)
• Radio-Wave Devices May Play Havoc with Medical Equipment(06/24/2008, HealthDay)

• Beyond Bloodletting: FDA Gives Leeches a Medical Makeover(Food and Drug Administration)
• Community Options for Safe Needle Disposal(Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid Waste) - Links to PDF
• Devices That Keep the Heart Beating(Food and Drug Administration)
• FDA Breast Implant Consumer Handbook - 2004(Food and Drug Administration)
• FDA Cautions against Ultrasound 'Keepsake' Images(Food and Drug Administration)
• Home Healthcare Medical Devices: A Checklist(Center for Devices and Radiological Health)
• Home Healthcare Medical Devices: Infusion Therapy - Getting the Most Out of Your Pump(Center for Devices and Radiological Health)
• Questions & Answers on Shelhigh Medical Devices(Food and Drug Administration)
• Vital Facts about HIV Home Test Kits(Food and Drug Administration)
• Whole Body Scanning Using Computed Tomography (CT)(Center for Devices and Radiological Health)

• Buying Medicines and Medical Products Online(Food and Drug Administration)
• FDA 101: How to Use the Consumer Complaint System and MedWatch(Food and Drug Administration)
• FDA 101: Product Recalls(Food and Drug Administration)
• FDA Works to Reduce Preventable Medical Device Injuries(Food and Drug Administration)
• Importance of Public Comment to the FDA(Food and Drug Administration)
• Information about Medical Devices in Emergency Situations(Center for Devices and Radiological Health)
• Learn about Medical Device Recalls(Food and Drug Administration)
• MedWatch, the FDA Safety Information and Adverse Effect Reporting Program(Center for Drug Evaluation and Research)
• Off-Label Drugs and Medical Devices(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Questions and Answers on HoMedics, Inc. Heating Pads and General Heating Pad Safety(Food and Drug Administration)
• Sentinel System to Monitor Medical Product Safety(Food and Drug Administration)
• What Patients Should Know When There Is a Device Recall(Heart Rhythm Society) - Links to PDF
• Your Guide to Reporting Problems to FDA(Food and Drug Administration)

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Equipment and Supplies(National Institutes of Health)

• FDA and Nanotechnology Products: FAQs(Food and Drug Administration)
• FDA Readies for More 'Nanoscale' Challenges(Food and Drug Administration)
• National Cancer Institute Breast Implant Study(National Cancer Institute)

References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

• Article: The frequency and significance of discrepancies in the surgical count.
• Article: Put an end to Steinman pin sharps injuries.
• Article: Protecting networked medical devices from worms and viruses.
• Medical Device Safety -- see more articles

• Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
• Center for Devices and Radiological Health
• Food and Drug Administration

• E-zine -- A Patient Safety Newsletter(Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
• FDA & You: News for Health Educators and Students(Food and Drug Administration)

• FDA Law Enforcers Protect Consumers' Health(Food and Drug Administration)
• Medical Device and Radiological Health Regulations Come of Age(Food and Drug Administration)

• Medical Devices Needed for Children(Food and Drug Administration)
• Meet "Yorick", the Bionic Skeleton(Food and Drug Administration)

• Maturity Health Matters - FDA Health News for Older Adults, Their Families and Caregivers(Food and Drug Administration)