[The actual issues of mandatory labeling of certain types of medical items].

Abstract

Mandatory labeling of medical items plays key role in establishing uniform standards and requirements for all market participants. This promotes increasing of protection of consumer rights, excluding possibility of buying unreliable or counterfeit products. The normative documents regulating labeling of medical items set important requirements to manufacturers, importers and retailers. The unique identifiers, information about origin and other data provided for inclusion in labeling ensure product identification and control of its quality. The article considers normative legal base regulating procedure of mandatory labeling of certain types of medical items from their production and putting into use up to moment of their sale and withdrawal from market turnover. Besides, mechanism of state regulation of procedure of labeling of medical items targeted to increasing of traceability of products, reducing spread of counterfeit goods, ensuring patient safety and improving quality of medical services in general is considered.