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ISO 13485 — Medical devices

The five auditable clauses of the medical device standard —different from ISO 9001's structure— with the design file, UDI traceability and post-market surveillance explained clause by clause.

5 modules ~25 min total Content reviewed on 25 August 2026

1 Quality management system How to document the QMS and validate the software behind it. Clause 4
2 Management responsibility How to show management commitment to quality and regulatory compliance. Clause 5
3 Resource management How to manage people, infrastructure and a controlled work environment. Clause 6
4 Product realization How to control design, purchasing, production and batch/UDI traceability. Clause 7
5 Measurement, analysis and improvement How to manage complaints, post-market surveillance and corrective actions. Clause 8

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Every clause of ISO 13485, explained

ISO 13485:2016 does not follow the Annex SL high-level structure: it keeps the five classic clauses (4 to 8) centered on the medical device life cycle and regulatory compliance.

This path explains each clause with the design file, batch and UDI traceability, and the evidence a notified body usually asks for.

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References to the official text in force. If a standard is revised, this page is updated and the review date says so.

ISO 13485:2016 — Medical devices. Quality management systems ISO · March 2016
Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices EUR-Lex · 5 April 2017
ISO 14971:2019 — Application of risk management to medical devices ISO · 2019 ed.

ISO 13485 — Medical devices

Every clause of ISO 13485, explained

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