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Electronic instructions for use (eIFU)
A digital structure for publishing, versioning, and linking IFUs to products and permanent URLs, following the decisions validated by the company's regulatory team.
The website can change. The printed QR code can't.
When does this solution make sense?
| When it makes sense | It's for | It's not for |
|---|---|---|
| A company that manufactures or imports products with IFUs, surgical technique guides, or certificates. | ||
| A company that uses, or wants to use, QR codes on the label or packaging. | ||
| A company with approved documentation scattered across folders, emails, and the website. | ||
| Deciding whether an IFU can be digital only, whether it can stop being printed, or which version the QR code points to. The company's regulatory team decides that. | ||
| Writing or validating the IFU, or replacing a document management system: those responsibilities stay with the technical director and the systems they use. |
How this solution comes together
Some decisions are best made before printing the first QR code.
What is public, how each document is named, and how versions coexist. Changing any of that later breaks printed links.
A version update happens in one place.
Each product links to its IFU, and the IFU links back to the product.
In the 39 days after the site launched, 1,396 people downloaded technical documentation, and IFUs and surgical technique guides were viewed as often as product pages.
FAQ
What happens to the QR code already printed if the site is rebuilt?
If the document URL was designed independently of the site structure, it keeps working. That's why this is decided before the first QR code is printed.
Does the electronic IFU replace the printed one?
The company's regulatory team decides that, depending on the product and the market. The structure supports both situations: the printed and electronic versions can coexist, or the document can be available only digitally.
Who controls which version is published?
The company. The portal shows the version and date of each document; regulatory version control stays in the company's own systems.
Do people have to register to see an IFU?
It depends on the access mechanism the company adopts. We design the options; the company and its regulatory team decide which one to use and what risk to accept.