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Article R2142-40 of the French Public Health Code

The purpose of vigilance in medically assisted procreation is to :

1° Systematically monitor all incidents and undesirable effects;

2° Report serious incidents and unexpected undesirable effects to the local correspondent without delay;

3° Report serious incidents and unexpected undesirable effects to the Agence de la biomédecine without delay after they have been reported;

4° Analyse, evaluate and use this information in order to limit the probability of occurrence of any new serious incident or unexpected adverse reaction or to reduce their severity;

5° Carry out any investigation or study relating to serious incidents and unexpected adverse reactions.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article R2142-40
La vigilance en assistance médicale à la procréation a pour objet de :


1° Surveiller de façon systématique tous les incidents et tous les effets indésirables ;


2° Signaler sans délai les incidents graves et les effets indésirables inattendus au correspondant local ;


3° Déclarer, sans délai à compter de leur signalement, les incidents graves et les effets indésirables inattendus à l’Agence de la biomédecine ;


4° Analyser, évaluer et exploiter ces informations en vue de limiter la probabilité de survenue de tout nouvel incident grave ou effet indésirable inattendu ou d’en diminuer la gravité ;


5° Réaliser toute investigation ou étude portant sur les incidents graves et les effets indésirables inattendus.

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