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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires that all medical devices are identified with a unique device identifier (UDI), in both human and machine-readable forms. These UDI regulations were put in place to enable healthcare providers and manufacturers to more quickly identify flawed devices, leading to faster recalls, and a reduction in medical errors.

UDI regulations

UDIs are unique numeric or alphanumeric codes that consist of a device identifier (D