A Better Approach To Developing Medical Device Instructions For Use (IFU)

By Annie Diorio-Blum, Battelle

The common approach to designing and developing an Instructions For Use (IFU) has been largely unchanged for years: once a product is designed and made ready for manufacturing, an IFU is then written and tested. When errors are found, changes are made, and the cycle repeats until there is an acceptable IFU version that most users will be able to comprehend. Clearly, this approach is often time consuming and costly.