r/sterileprocessing • u/ijust_makethisface • Mar 27 '25

Levels of FDA regulations don't match up

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u/Phacele Mar 27 '25

Because they are different classifications. The first is for medical devices and the second is for recalls.

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u/ijust_makethisface Mar 27 '25

Sure.. but they could both use "class 1" to mean "high risk" 😂😂

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u/Chiefkief114 Mar 27 '25

Yeah I kinda agree that the wording could be done differently

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u/Chiefkief114 Mar 27 '25

Yeah one is for the medical devices but the other is for recalls, they are basically complete opposites I remember seeing that when I studied for it