--- title: Dickson Resource Blog | Medical Devices description: Medical Devices | A blog dedicated to temperature and humidity monitoring. 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That’s why when designing, building, or selling medical devices, it’s important to know and understand the FDA’s classification of your... [Read More](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/the-basics-of-fda-medical-device-classes) [Oct 09 2019](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/the-basics-of-fda-medical-device-classes) ## [Why the Promise of Wearable Technology Lies in the Data](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/wearable-tech-data) [Leave a Comment](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/wearable-tech-data#comments-listing) / [Healthcare IT](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/healthcare-it), [Healthcare](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/healthcare), [Medical Devices](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/medical-devices) ***Update 11/19:** It’s been interesting to see that since we published this piece, a sense persists that tech companies are more interested in developing wearables than consumers are in buying them. [This recent article](http://www.economist.com/news/business/21646225-smartwatches-and-other-wearable-devices-become-mainstream-products-will-take-more) from The Economist has an interesting take, arguing that the challenge for wearables...* [Read More](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/wearable-tech-data) [Jul 19 2015](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/wearable-tech-data) ## [How Medical Device Regulations Vary Globally](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/how-medical-device-regulations-vary-globally) [Leave a Comment](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/how-medical-device-regulations-vary-globally#comments-listing) / [Healthcare](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/healthcare), [Medical Devices](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/medical-devices) For actual Medical Device Manufacturers, the question posed in the title of this article may seem a little silly. Medical Device Manufacturers obviously know who monitors, regulates, and audits them, and who they have to answer to when something goes wrong. For the rest of us though? We are left... [Read More](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/how-medical-device-regulations-vary-globally) [May 07 2015](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/how-medical-device-regulations-vary-globally) ## [Why Clean Room Humidity Standards Matter](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/why-clean-room-humidity-standards-matter) [Leave a Comment](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/why-clean-room-humidity-standards-matter#comments-listing) / [Healthcare](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/healthcare), [Manufacturing](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/manufacturing-2), [Medical Devices](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/medical-devices) Formerly reserved for the medical, pharmaceutical, and micro-electronics industries, clean rooms have become more widespread and prevalent across the world as the tech industry has continued to boom, and regulations have constricted their grasp on more quality control departments. [Read More](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/why-clean-room-humidity-standards-matter) [![Why-Humidity-Standards-are-important-to-clean-rooms](https://info.dicksondata.com/hubfs/Why-Humidity-Standards-are-important-to-clean-rooms.png)](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/why-clean-room-humidity-standards-matter) [Mar 27 2015](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/why-clean-room-humidity-standards-matter) ## [Hospital Blues: How Supply Chain Breakdowns Harm Patients](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/supply-chain-breakdowns-harm-patient-kidney-transplant-usc-hospital) [Leave a Comment](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/supply-chain-breakdowns-harm-patient-kidney-transplant-usc-hospital#comments-listing) / [Healthcare](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/healthcare), [Medical Devices](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/medical-devices), [Pharmaceuticals](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/pharmaceuticals), [Warehouses](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/warehouses) [Read More](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/supply-chain-breakdowns-harm-patient-kidney-transplant-usc-hospital) [![Teddy_Bear](https://info.dicksondata.com/hubfs/Teddy_Bear.jpg)](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/supply-chain-breakdowns-harm-patient-kidney-transplant-usc-hospital) [Mar 20 2015](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/supply-chain-breakdowns-harm-patient-kidney-transplant-usc-hospital) ## [INFOGRAPHIC: History of Medical Device Regulation](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/infographic-history-of-medical-device-regulation) [Leave a Comment](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/infographic-history-of-medical-device-regulation#comments-listing) / [Healthcare](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/healthcare), [Medical Devices](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/medical-devices) Below is a brief history of Medical Device Regulation in the United States over the past 80 or so years. Key moments have been highlighted that reflect the changing landscape in Medical Devices. [Read More](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/infographic-history-of-medical-device-regulation) [Mar 09 2015](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/infographic-history-of-medical-device-regulation) ## [The Hospital Supply Chain Is Ever Expanding](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/the-hospital-supply-chain-is-ever-expanding) [Leave a Comment](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/the-hospital-supply-chain-is-ever-expanding#comments-listing) / [Healthcare](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/healthcare), [Medical Devices](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/medical-devices), [Pharmaceuticals](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/pharmaceuticals), [Vaccines](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/vaccines-2), [Warehouses](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/warehouses) With the Affordable Care Act sweeping healthcare in the U.S., hospital supply chains have had the spotlight shown on them: a somewhat disregarded discipline in a hospital has now come to the forefront in cost savings. [Read More](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/the-hospital-supply-chain-is-ever-expanding) [![Supply_Chain](https://info.dicksondata.com/hubfs/Supply_Chain.jpg)](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/the-hospital-supply-chain-is-ever-expanding) [Feb 28 2015](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/the-hospital-supply-chain-is-ever-expanding) ## [The Keys to 21CFR11](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/the-keys-to-21cfr11) [Leave a Comment](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/the-keys-to-21cfr11#comments-listing) / [Food](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/food-2), [General](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/general), [Healthcare](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/healthcare), [Medical Devices](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/medical-devices), [Pharmaceuticals](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/pharmaceuticals) 21CFR11 is to Food and Pharmaceutical professionals what Dr. Kelso was to Sacred Heart Hospital in the television series *Scrubs. *Annoying, but necessary. [Read More](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/the-keys-to-21cfr11) [![Hands_Typing1 (1)](https://info.dicksondata.com/hubfs/Hands_Typing1%20%281%29.jpg)](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/the-keys-to-21cfr11) [Dec 29 2014](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/the-keys-to-21cfr11) ## [7 Tools That Hospitals Use To Monitor Patients](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tools-hospitals-use-to-monitor-patients-capnogram-blood-pressure-electrocardiogram) [Leave a Comment](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tools-hospitals-use-to-monitor-patients-capnogram-blood-pressure-electrocardiogram#comments-listing) / [Healthcare IT](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/healthcare-it), [Healthcare](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/healthcare), [Medical Devices](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/medical-devices) We build devices that monitor [temperature, humidity, and water pressure](http://dicksondata.com). This much you probably know. But, we are interested any and all monitoring, sensing, and data collection, specifically to the industries that we serve. Hospitals use our temperature data loggers to keep track of vaccine... [Read More](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tools-hospitals-use-to-monitor-patients-capnogram-blood-pressure-electrocardiogram) [![Hospital_Room](https://info.dicksondata.com/hubfs/Hospital_Room.jpg)](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tools-hospitals-use-to-monitor-patients-capnogram-blood-pressure-electrocardiogram) [Dec 15 2014](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tools-hospitals-use-to-monitor-patients-capnogram-blood-pressure-electrocardiogram) ## [Warehouse Audit Survival Guide: Medical Devices](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/medical-device-warehouse-survival-guide) [Leave a Comment](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/medical-device-warehouse-survival-guide#comments-listing) / [Healthcare](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/healthcare), [Medical Devices](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/medical-devices) ***This article completes our series of "Warehouse Audit Survival Guides" published in Dickson Insights. If you missed our guides on the Pharmaceutical and Food industries, you can find them by [clicking here](https://dicksondata.com/solutions/pharmaceutical) and [here](https://dicksondata.com/solutions/food-beverage).*** [Read More](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/medical-device-warehouse-survival-guide) [![Warehouse_Team](https://info.dicksondata.com/hubfs/Warehouse_Team.jpg)](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/medical-device-warehouse-survival-guide) [Aug 05 2014](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/medical-device-warehouse-survival-guide) [All posts](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/all) [Next](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog/tag/medical-devices/page/2) ### Products Expand - [Products](https://dicksondata.com/products/data-loggers) - [Parts & Accessories](https://dicksondata.com/products/accessories) - [Chart Recorders](https://dicksondata.com/products/chart-recorders) ### Resources Expand - [About Dickson](https://dicksondata.com/about) - [Catalog](https://dickson-unigage-inc.dcatalog.com/r/Dickson-Catalog/?page=1) - [Support](https://dicksondata.com/support) - [Contact Us](https://info.dicksondata.com/contact-dickson) - [Blog](https://info.dicksondata.com/blog) - [A2LA Certificate](https://dicksondata.com/a2la) ### Logins Expand [Account Login ![login](https://info.dicksondata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Dickson%20September2022/images/login.png?width=24&height=24&name=login.png)](https://dicksondata.com/my-account) [Vendor Portal ![pc-icon](https://info.dicksondata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Dickson%20September2022/images/pc-icon.png?width=24&height=24&name=pc-icon.png)](https://calclub.dicksondata.com/users/login) ## Address Expand ![icon-usa](https://info.dicksondata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Dickson%20September2022/images/icon-usa.png?width=24&height=15&name=icon-usa.png) USA 930 S Westwood Ave, Addison, IL, 60101, USA Phone: [(630) 563-4209](tel:6305634209) Email: Support@dicksondata.com ![icon-france](https://info.dicksondata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Dickson%20September2022/images/icon-france.png?width=24&height=15&name=icon-france.png) France 720 rue Louis Lépine, 34000 Montpellier, France Phone: [+33(0)4 99 13 67 30](tel:330499136730) Copyright © 2020 - 2022 [Privacy Policy](https://dicksondata.com/privacy-policy) [Terms of Sale](https://dicksondata.com/terms-of-sale)