Related policiesand instructions for use (IFU’s) are often referenced together when performing sterilization or maintenance of equipment,policy reviews, or inspections/surveys. How does your organization manage policies along with IFUs? Are these separate documents, hyperlinked, or referenced in another way? How are they approved? If you have any experience with managing P&P’s and IFU’s, I’d love to hear about it and any challenges you might have today.
How are you managing policies and instructions for use (IFUs)?
Hi @Gabe Gomez We put the title and version of IFU at the end of the policy or procedure. These are separate documents that the department has a hard copy or electronic copy. We are debating whether we want them attached to the actual policy or not. They are NOT currently approved, but the department manager or supervisor has to ensure that the IFU is current and accessible by staff. During our implementation with PolicyStat we wanted a required drop down menufor creating or editing documents to say:maybe this is something that we can create in the future? IFU: yes or no Title and Version: TITLE HERE or N/A In cases where we mention other policies, we link them into the body of the policy or our lab has a section for “Related Documents” and link policies there. hope that helps! Thanks
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