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Distribution of major causes for medical device recalls in U.S. 2017

Distribution of major causes for medical device recalls in the U.S. as of Q4 2017

The data displays the distribution of major causes for medical device recalls in the U.S. as of fourth quarter of 2017, based on the number of units recalled. At this time, software issues were the leading cause, responsible for almost 26% of all recalls.

Software issue	25.7
Mislabeling	23.7
Quality issue	16.4
Manufacturing defect	7.2

Distribution of major causes for medical device recalls in U.S. 2017

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