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Welcome to the Medical Device Division!

Formerly the Biomedical Division, our website is dedicated to advancing medical device quality and compliance knowledge:
  • addressing new hot topics
  • providing  discussion forums
  • supporting medical device training competency 
  • building networks 
Medical Device Auditor Body of Knowledge
Committees 2021 Objective
BioFeedback - back issues
Webinar recordings
Medical Device Division Leadership Team 2023
Geographical Discussion Groups
Scholarships and Grants - Academic scholarship deadline extended to May 31!


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Minneapolis, Minnesota Call for Sponsors - October 10-11, 2023 The ASQ Minnesota Section and ASQ Medical Device Division are seeking sponsors for our in person conference to be held in conjunction with the Informa MD&M Meeting in Minneapolis. This year’s conference theme is: Old Problems, New Solutions! This is a fantastic opportunity to ... more
Congratulations to the 2022 Awardees for Member Unit Performance Excellence! Published The Performance Excellence Program (PEP) Committee is happy to announce the 2022 recipients of Gold, Silver, and Bronze recognition! Measures included in the 2022 award program were: Contributions to ASQ thought leadership, as measured by myASQ content ... more
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George Marcel
See attached common acronyms for common ANSI / ISO references.
George Marcel Oct '19
I love that fact that the document creates its own acronym (CUA) instead of just being called "Commonly Used ...
See here:  ...
Timothy McShane
Hello All, I am pursuing a Quality and Regulatory Specialist position in a medical device company and I need to ...
Timothy McShane Nov '21
George Marcel
Hello and welcome to the myASQ Biomedical Page... We are launching the new discussion forum and content resource ...
George Marcel May '19
This website is really going to help me stay connected to the Division activities! 

How can I help you? I am a Quality ...
Hello. Keith Councell here.

I am a Principle Quality Engineer for an over-the-counter oral care company in Grand ...
I am Edwin Bills, ASQ Fellow, thanks to many friends in the Biomedical Division.  Currently consulting and ...
I'm Barry Craner
Heavy interest and almost 20 years lecturing and teaching Risk Management, with so many thanks to ...
Hello. My name is Dorian Pearson-Shaver. I am a Quality Specialist for a medical device company in Orlando, FL. I am ...
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My name is Donna Campbell, I'm currently an assessor for BSI and a long time member of the Biomedical ...
Hello everyone.
I'm from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
I work as a QA manager in an IVD company. I've been working for 20 ...
My name is Andrea; I'm a second career Document Specialist working my way up to being a Quality Specialist.  

Right ...
Lisa Grosskopf
From member Craig Koloske : Is it acceptable for an FAI to be completed on an item, even if there was a nonconformance ...
Lisa Grosskopf May '21
I would need more context from your situation to answer to it. Let's just say that if you had to rework your first ...
Teresita Lourdes Repaso
Hi Everyone, I am planning to take CMDA training but since ASQ is not offering any online course currently, I am ...

@Teresita Lourdes Repaso I cannot speak to this training but I did just pass the CMDA and I used the primer and ...

@Laura Menck Thank you very much. How long did it take for you to complete the exam prep? You mentioned you used the ...

@Teresita Lourdes Repaso I also used the ASQ Handbook and had both at the exam. I studied over a period of about four ...

Norm Howe
We're looking for someone with De Novo submission experience. If you're interested please contact me.
Norm Howe Mar '21

Please consider posting at https://careers.asq.org/jobs. Thanks!

Hi Norm, you may want to talk to Scott Blood at www.medicept.com

Monica Deo
Hi, I'm looking to get some insight and opinions into these two certifications. Is there one that is better to ...
Monica Deo Nov '22

@Monica Deo
I have both certifications. The BoK covers many aspects for both Pharma and Med Devices and is very ...

Lisa Grosskopf
Link to LinkedIn Group: Check out the new ASQ Medical Device Community Page! ...
Lisa Grosskopf Jan '21
Alireza Khosh
Hi Everyone, What are the requirements for Medical Device Sampling Plan justification? I am looking for a ...
Alireza Khosh Jun '22

Sampling plans must be statistically valid. The best way to do this is thru standards such as those available thru ...

I attach two articles addressing this topic. Even though it's old, Torbeck's article should be read before ...

Ajoy Basu Ajoy Basu Jun '22

Hi Alireza,

While there is no definitive guidance on sampling plans from the FDA, have used the following for ...

For Medical Devices FMEA Risk is not the same as ISO 14971 Risk. You should use Risk Analysis Risk and not FMEA Risk. ...
Carolyn Wright
Hi everyone, I am reaching out to learn more about the use of telemetry for device performance or cyber threat ...
Carolyn Wright Sep '20

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The ASQ Medical Device Division focuses on its awareness that Quality has a primary role in providing quality medical devices to patients and healthcare professionals. The ASQ Medical Device Division focuses on its awareness that Quality has a primary role in providing quality medical devices to patients and healthcare professionals.
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