ISO 13485:2016

ISO EN 13485:2016 is the global harmonized Quality Management Systems Standard used by medical device manufacturers to meet certain requirements to support the safety and effectiveness of the products they sell into Europe. ISO EN 13485:2016 was published on 26th February 2016 and has now completed its transition period since April 2019. This Standard specifies requirements for a Quality Management System (QMS) that can be used by an organisation involved in one or more stages of the life cycle of a medical device including the design & development, production, storage & distribution, installation, servicing & final decommissioning & disposal of medical devices. It can be used by external parties to assess the organisations ability to meet customer & regulatory requirements or Notified Bodies can use this standard when assessing whether companies have a QMS, which supports the European Directive/Regulation requirements. Such an assessment is required where a manufacturer seeks to apply the CE mark. This means that personnel within this industry must be conversant in the ISO EN 13485:2016 requirements, if they are certified to this standard.

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Course Code
LS028

What's covered?

  • Course Objectives & Introduction
  • ISO 13485:2016 – all sections of ISO 13485:2016, with focus on the updates. This will be discussed in a discussion-based environment and using tutors experience with the Standard. This allows participants to interact and discuss their current systems / processes in operation, how well these meet the requirements or if there are any challenges they may be experiencing.

The tutor is experienced in auditing against this standard and so will share experiences on expectations and outcomes from this standard in practice.

Who should participate?

The course is suitable for all personnel from medical device manufacturing or service/support industries who need to know the ISO 13485:2016 requirements or who may need a refresher of these requirements. Personnel who perform both internal audits or external audits on suppliers may also require this knowledge.

What will I learn?

Participants will achieve the following learning outcomes from this programme;

  • Understanding the specific requirements of ISO EN 13485:2016 (including what new requirements have been included, what requirements have been removed, what remains the same)
  • Awareness of what auditors may look for

Who are the tutors?

Kevina O’Donoghue

Kevina takes great pride in the training she delivers. She understands that supporting you effectively means meeting challenges and deadlines, understanding your specific needs, communicating effectively with you and providing accurate and honest advice, with integrity and confidentiality.

Kevina is a PhD graduate from the National University of Ireland, Galway. Since graduating she has worked in the life science industry for 20 years, both nationally and internationally. Beginning in the diagnostics sector, working for Cambridge Diagnostics she then moved to the medical device sector working for Abbott Vascular, Galway. Here she worked as a Microbiologist and was closely involved in the setting up, validation and monitoring of cleanroom environments.

Kevina delivers training programmes on many different topics related to Auditing, CE Marking, Quality Standards, Cleanroom Controls and Behaviours, GMP, as well as developing bespoke training programmes to meet specific client’s needs. Kevina’s outstanding attribute is her ability to motivate learners and enable their learning through sharing her knowledge and work-based experiences, in a simple and easy to understand way thus allowing the learners to achieve their learning goals successfully.

In addition to providing expert training, Kevina routinely works as a consultant and auditor. Kevina has the expertise to deal effectively with both Cleanroom, Quality and Regulatory related issues. Kevina is knowledgeable in many different quality and regulatory standards within the medical device, pharmaceutical, laboratory, & healthcare industries, is a strong and experienced auditor consistently challenging systems for compliance in a fair and consistent manner. With the wealth of experience Kevina has accumulated to date working with many different companies, she can appreciate and identify many similar situations thus allowing her to link examples and communicate clearly and effectively to ensure understanding.

Kevina provides key support to both start up and multinational companies. She is an accomplished trainer with a Certificate in Training and Continuing Education from NUI, Maynooth and has also successfully completed QMS Auditor / Lead Auditor training.


How do we train and support you?

In-House Courses
Course tutor will contact your organisation in advance to discuss the programme in detail.
In-house courses can be customised to meet your organisation’s specific requirements.

NOTE: This course can be coupled with The Medical Device Regulation (CE Making Process & Key Updates) training program to run onsite as a two-day programme.

Course Manual
Delegates will receive a hardcopy course manual with relevant course materials.

Kevina O’Donoghue

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Kevina O’Donoghue

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  • 07 Oct 2024
    Delivery: Virtual Training
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