{"id":10670,"date":"2026-09-09T10:26:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T10:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.essecieffe.it\/e-ifu-it-is-not-simply-an-ifu-converted-into-a-pdf\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T10:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T10:26:29","slug":"e-ifu-it-is-not-simply-an-ifu-converted-into-a-pdf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.essecieffe.it\/en\/e-ifu-it-is-not-simply-an-ifu-converted-into-a-pdf\/","title":{"rendered":"e-IFU: it is not simply an IFU converted into a PDF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The evolution of the European regulatory framework is opening up new opportunities for the use of electronic Instructions for Use for medical devices.<\/p>\n<p>But beware! Adopting an e-IFU does not simply mean replacing a paper document with an online PDF.<\/p>\n<p>Moving to an electronic format entails specific conditions, requirements and responsibilities for the Manufacturer: from risk assessment and website management to ensuring the availability of information and appropriate access to the Instructions for Use.<\/p>\n<p>SCF has prepared a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.essecieffe.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FOCUS-e-IFU.pdf\"><strong>FOCUS<\/strong> <\/a>to explore the relevant regulatory framework and the key aspects to consider when adopting e-IFUs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The evolution of the European regulatory framework is opening up new opportunities for the use of electronic Instructions for Use for medical devices. But beware! Adopting an e-IFU does not simply mean replacing a paper document with an online PDF. Moving to an electronic format entails specific conditions, requirements and responsibilities for the Manufacturer: from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[58,55,56,57],"class_list":["post-10670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-focus","tag-digitalhealth","tag-eifu","tag-mdr","tag-regulatoryaffairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essecieffe.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essecieffe.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essecieffe.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essecieffe.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essecieffe.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.essecieffe.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essecieffe.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essecieffe.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essecieffe.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essecieffe.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}