DEVELOPING AN ORGANIZED APPROACH IN THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION TO BAN DANGEROUS DEVICES THAT CAN INJURE THE PATIENT AND HEALTH CARE WORKER

*Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Plastic Surgery, Biomedical Engineering and Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, †Research Assistant with Dr. Richard Edlich, Brush Prairie, Washington, ‡Eye Physicians of Southern New Jersey, Voorhees, New Jersey, and §Orthopedic Trauma, Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina Reprint Address: Richard F. Edlich, MD, PHD, FACEP, FACS, FASPS, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Plastic Surgery, Biomedical Engineering and Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908