The number of ISO13485 posts in the Elsmar Cove forums

[Ajit Basrur]

Hi all,

Being new to the forum, was going through the different posts and particularly for ISO 13485 and noticed that the number of posts for ISO13485 is very less ? Any particular reason ?

Qualityalways

[Wes Bucey]

Welcome to the Cove

How about the fact there are fewer medical device companies than general manufacturing companies?

We often talk in Quality about "root cause" and "problem solving." One of the things we hope we can help Covers learn is how to apply the precepts of root cause analysis and problem solving to questions which arise anywhere in their lives. There's a hoary old adage "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day; teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime."

[Ajit Basrur]

Hi Wes,

Your adage is wonderful and very apt for the forum. But lets not restrict only to problems, CAPAs, Investigation etc; lets discuss good points too !!!

Qualityalways

[Cari Spears]

In Reply to Parent Post by Qualityalways

But lets not restrict only to problems, CAPAs, Investigation etc; lets discuss good points too

Oh, but we do! You just registered - why don't you have a look around.

Welcome to the Cove!!

[Marc]

Welcome! I hope you enjoy the discussions!

Another aspect is that this web site site originally was focused on automotive quality assurance and in fact the domain originally was QS900.com when I started the web site in 1996. Over the years it has expanded to address other standards as more people have found the site and wanted to discuss other business standards.

The Elsmar Cove continues to evolve as a place where people can discuss their specific situations and share.

[Pataha]

When I discovered the Cove, I was looking for the answer of a specific question in relation to Medical Device quality. I do not think I ever did ask or got an answer for that question, but what I did discover was using the search function majority of my questions in relation to 13485 was addressed in one of the other sections of this forum and all I had to do was adapt it to the 13485 or GMP frame work.
That maybe another reason why the posts are low.

[Marc]

I looked at the ISO 13458 forum and there are about 21 pages of threads at 20 threads per page so there are about 400 discussion threads specific to ISO 13458. There are probably some other related ISO 13458 related threads in other forums as some get into the Documents forum, the Training forum, etc. because of category assumptions based upon the first post.

The above are the thread numbers, so there are a lot of posts as well.

Here are some views:

Threads With ISO 13485 Aspects in the Thread Title

Threads With ISO 13485 mentioned in a Post in the Listed Thread

[Al Rosen]

In Reply to Parent Post by Qualityalways

Hi Wes,

Your adage is wonderful and very apt for the forum. But lets not restrict only to problems, CAPAs, Investigation etc; lets discuss good points too !!!

Qualityalways

You're welcome to start any appropriate topic you wish.