Maximum efforts have been made by the Directorate of Medical Device and PKRT Assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic by, among others: regulations for licensing relaxation such as shortening service times, facilitating access to information on Circulation Permit requirements, and opening a 24-hour Circulation Permit consultation service, as well as providing consideration in the form of recommendations for importing medical devices and PKRT without a Circulation Permit in accordance with new policies during the pandemic on import trading through the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB). This is done to meet the needs of the community and health workers for COVID-19 handling products. One of the tangible evidence felt at this time is that the number of Circulation Permits for Medical Devices and PKRT has increased significantly and of course the availability of masks, PPE, and hand sanitizers has been fulfilled.
The Directorate of Medical Device and PKRT Assessment is not limited to issuing Circulation Permits, we also support the downstreaming of research products developed by many universities in Indonesia and work with the domestic medical device industry for production and commercialization. Furthermore, the downstreaming will succeed and produce innovations in Domestic Medical Devices made by the nation's children that we should be proud of together, such as ventilators and Covid-19 detection test kits that have never existed before in Indonesia. Another effort that is no less interesting because it has never been done before in Indonesia is the granting of approval for the implementation of the Pre-Marketing Clinical Test of Medical Devices according to the authority of the Ministry of Health.
The Book of A Year of Licensing of Medical Devices and Household Health Supplies during the Covid-19 Pandemic can be downloaded below.
