Doctors and dental surgeons who use medical devices on the list provided for in Article R. 5212-36, who carry out their activity outside a health or cosmetic surgery establishment, record the data necessary for traceability in the patient’s medical file, if this exists, or, failing this, in any document which makes it possible to locate and identify the batch from which the medical device used on a patient originates. They also record it in any document enabling the location and identification of patients for whom medical devices from a batch have been used.
This data is kept for a period of ten years. This period is extended to forty years for medical devices incorporating a substance which, if used separately, is likely to be considered as a blood-derived medicinal product.
The medical record, if it exists, or, failing this, the document kept by the doctor or dental surgeon which enables the batch from which the medical device used on a patient comes to be identified, must include:
the identification of the medical device: name, serial or batch number, name of the manufacturer or its authorised representative; – the place of use
-place of use
-date of use;
-the name of the user doctor or dental surgeon.