The Japan Association for Clinical Engineers Annual Conference lasted two days and was held in Iwate prefecture. 2,900 participants attended the conference, many of whom were clinical engineers and received 11 lectures, 6 special lectures, 22 symposiums and 521 general topics.

The Mexican National Center for Technological Excellence in Healthcare (CENETEC) has collaborated with IFMBE Clinical Engineering Division (CED) to seek safety enhancement in the Mexican healthcare sector. 

Our collaborating center for HTM is assisting WHO and partners to publish a guideline on Decommissioning of Medical Devices both single use and reusable devices. The purpose of this document is to provide a flow chart and set of guiding principles to standardize the decommissioning process of medical devices. These guidelines will be included in the WHO Medical Devices series of reference documents covering the health technology lifecycle, policy and regulations.

Here is the latest information shared by WHO's Adriana Velázquez regarding Medical Devices and the World Health Organization. May, 2019 Edition

Clinical Engineers have been professionally active in Australia for many years, with the National Panel on Clinical Engineering being the predominant group leading the discipline. Comprising prominent CE’s from around the country this Panel has always had a strong focus on developing the profession and people within it.

In my earlier April 15, 2019 Blog, I noted that the World Health Organization (WHO) states that “trained and qualified biomedical engineering professionals are required to design, evaluate, regulate, maintain and manage medical devices, and train on their safe use in health systems around the world.¹”