These “medical device incidents” are categorized by severity, with the worst being injury and death. In the United States, medical device reports are publicly available, but not in Canada. You’ll get information on the deaths, injuries and recalls reported to Health Canada while the medical devices were licensed for use in Canada. Health Canada collects and uses this data to detect possible signals of adverse reactions associated with health products. Because of the multiple factors that influence reporting, quantitative comparisons of medical device safety cannot be made from the data.

Source: CBC News November 25, 2018 16:52 UTC