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The Inspection Room

The MDR without jargon, in files you can read in five minutes and put into practice in an afternoon.

CE marking

CE marking on medical devices: what it really certifies and what you have to check yourself

CE marking is not a quality seal. What the four-digit number means, why the class changes everything and the five checks article 14 of the MDR requires before you sell.

2026-09-24 · 3 min
Labelling

The UDI on a medical device label: how to read it and what the distributor has to keep

What each part of the unique device identifier means (UDI-DI and UDI-PI), which products must already carry it, and the three obligations distributors and pharmacies have under articles 14 and 27 of the MDR.

2026-09-24 · 5 min
FILE DS-01 · Pharmacy

Does your pharmacy distribute medical devices? Article 14 almost certainly applies to you

Thermometers, blood pressure monitors, tests, wound care supplies: if they're on your counter, the MDR treats you as a distributor. What article 14 actually requires.

2026-07-28 · 5 min
FILE DS-02 · Inspection

The 6 documents an inspector asks a medical device distributor for

The short list for running a mock inspection this week: CE verification, language, importer, storage, complaints and traceability.

2026-07-28 · 5 min
FILE DS-03 · Import

Importing medical devices from outside the EU: the extra obligations under article 13

Authorised representative, your name on the packaging, a filed copy of the declaration, and registering as an importer: what changes when your supplier isn't European.

2026-07-28 · 5 min
FILE DS-04 · Inspection

A 30-minute mock inspection: the 6 questions, against the clock

Before the regional medical device inspection turns up, ask yourself its questions first. Half an hour, pen and paper — or the dashboard's mock-inspection mode.

2026-07-28 · 5 min
FILE DS-05 · Product

The supplier library: why your checklist stops starting from scratch

Pharmacies and orthopaedic shops across Spain buy from the same suppliers. Verifying them once and sharing that verification changes the economics of compliance.

2026-07-28 · 4 min

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