Senate debates

Tuesday, 27 November 2018

Questions without Notice

Health Care

2:30 pm

Photo of Stirling GriffStirling Griff (SA, Centre Alliance) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, the TGA—and this would surprise a lot of people—only uses a paper based assessment for these devices and doesn't have an expert clinical committee to review the suitability of devices in Australian public hospitals. Can you provide, on notice, how many of these non-approved FDA export-only devices are currently in circulation in Australia and their average adverse event rate compared to the FDA fully approved devices?

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