Hangzhou takes a number of measures to ensure the safety of contact lenses

According to the unified deployment of the State Food and Drug Administration, since April 1st, decorative colored plain contact lenses have been included in the scope of supervision of contact lenses, and are managed under category III medical devices. After the Hangzhou Food and Drug Administration learned about the spirit of the notice issued by the State Bureau, it took a number of measures to intensify the supervision of business operations and ensure the safety of contact lenses.

The first is to inform contact lens operators and take early measures to ensure that the products they operate are registered as required. There are more than 300 contact lens manufacturers operating medical licenses in Hangzhou. In order to ensure that many operators can operate as required, the Hangzhou Municipal Bureau will use the Opticians Chamber of Commerce to convene an annual meeting to inform the company about the decorative color. Pingguang contact lens management New Deal, take early measures to avoid the sale of unlicensed products.

The second is to strengthen the quality training of operating companies, and strive to improve the quality of business services. Contact lens inspection with the nature of "diagnosis", the quality of the fitting is directly related to the use of eye health, therefore, the quality of operating companies, especially the quality of key personnel, is directly related to the safety of contact lenses. The Hangzhou Municipal Bureau has already taken the quality of the promotion of business enterprises as a daily task. In the first half of last year, using the opportunity of the company's renewal of the certification peak, the company held a meeting of managers of all operating companies in the city in a timely manner. Apart from deploying renewal, it focused on regulatory training; at the end of the year, it hired an eye specialist to conduct business training for key personnel. , strive to enhance the level of fitting. The Hangzhou Municipal Bureau also maintains close ties with the Hangzhou Optical Chamber of Commerce, using various channels and opportunities to explain laws and regulations, and reminding companies to strive to improve the quality of their operations.

The third is to arrange special personnel to make unannounced visits to prevent regulatory loopholes. In March of this year, the Hangzhou Municipal Bureau combined with the upcoming implementation of the National New Deal to make unannounced visits to the renewal of the city’s operating companies, and found many problems in the timely renewal of the operating companies. An early warning was issued on the internal network to remind the jurisdictions to conduct the renewal. Targeted investigations to prevent regulatory loopholes.

The fourth is to forward the documents of the State Council and deploy a one-month special inspection activity. As the use of contact lenses is directly related to the use of eye health, the introduction of the management regulations, has aroused strong social concern, a number of media rushed to report. For the sake of public eye health, after the Hangzhou Municipal Bureau received the documents forwarded by the Zhejiang Provincial Bureau, the district offices were deployed to conduct a one-month special inspection activity to crack down on various illegal and irregular behaviors and ensure the quality of contact lenses in the city.

The fifth is to introduce risk management in contact lens operating companies. To this end, the Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Medical Devices twice visited the Zhejiang Provincial Eye Hospital to understand the expertise and hidden safety implications of soft contact lenses in fitting and use. According to the information provided by the hospital and the large number of consumer groups that currently have soft contact lenses, and the current situation of uneven contact between soft contact lenses, the concept of “doing things for the people and supervision for the people” is being carried out. Stealth mirror program. This plan is intended to further standardize the business model of retail enterprises, improve the level of fitting; at the same time increase consumer awareness of the risk of contact lenses, two-pronged approach to improve the safety level of the city's contact lenses.