Surgical hand disinfection

Preoperative rub-in procedure by the application of a hand disinfectant before donning surgical gloves. Aims at the hands' microbial flora...
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Medical devices are no medicinal products, but are, in the narrower and broader sense, intended for human health as well. Art. 3 German Medical Device Directive (MPG) defines a medical device as e.g. instruments, dressings, implants. This also includes agents for disinfection of medical instruments and equipment such as endoscopes.
There are four medical devices classifications:
For medical devices to be marketable in the European Union they have to carry the CE Mark to show that they meet European guidelines.