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ExpressionMR400InstructionsforUse GuidelinesandReferencesE5
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metallicimplants.In:ShellockFG,ed.Magneticresonanceprocedure:healtheffectsandsafety.
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U.S.FoodandDrugAdministration,CenterforDevicesandRadiologicalHealth(CDRH),
Medical
DeviceReport(MDR)(http://www.fda.gov/CDRH/mdrfile.html).Thefilescontaininformation
fromCDRH'sdeviceexperiencereportsondeviceswhichmayhavemalfunctionedorcauseda
deathorseriousinjury.ThefilescontainreportsreceivedunderboththemandatoryMedical
DeviceReportingProgram(MDR)from1984 ‐1996,andthevoluntaryreportsupto
June1993.
Thedatabasecurrentlycontainsover600,000reports.
U.S.FoodandDrugAdministration,CenterforDevicesandRadiologicalHealth(CDRH),
ManufacturerandUserFacilityDeviceExperienceDatabase,MAUDE,(http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/
maude.html).MAUDEdatarepresentsreportsofadverseeventsinvolvingmedicaldevices.The
dataconsistsofallvoluntaryreportssinceJune,1993,user
facilityreportssince1991,distributor
reportssince1993,andmanufacturerreportssinceAugust,1996.