Medical products

The safety of medical products, and thus of the patients, has the highest priority at Johanniter-Krankenhaus Geesthacht. Our Medical Product Safety Officer therefore controls all processes concerning medical products within the hospital.

These are the tasks of our Medical Product Safety Officer

  • Central office within the healthcare facility:
    Johanniter GmbH operates active medical devices at Johanniter Hospital Geesthacht and has appointed a Medical Product Safety Officer for this purpose in accordance with §6 of the Medical Device Operator Ordinance.

  • Point of contact for authorities and manufacturers:
    The medical device safety officer is the point of contact for authorities, manufacturers, and distributors. They monitor and coordinate the operator's “duty to cooperate”, notifies the supervisory authorities, and manufacturers, as well as handling corrective and recall measures.