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Our glossary for guidance - Letter V
The latest version ISO 9000:2005, clause 3.8.5, defines validation as "the confirmation by objective evidence that the requirements for a particular application or use are met".
Example: "that a product meets a customer-generated specification and thus to the extent that it meets the requirements for use by the customer, results in a validated product".
A value stream is the simplified visualisation of complex, operational processes around a product or service in order to identify and develop optimisation potential for a holistic improvement of the processes.
Key indicator in which the actual value added by a company can be used for a benchmark.
Formula: Value added / number of employees or personnel expenses or sales (total output).
In the Lean environment, this term is often equated with total utilization.
Formula: Total utilization rate = (activity + equipment + time + area + transport utilization rate) / 5 * 100%.
Verwaltungs-Berufsgenossenschaft - Employer's liability insurance association for banks, insurance companies, administrations, liberal professions, special companies, companies in the ceramics and glass industries, and companies in the tram, underground and railway sectors.
Verband der Automobilindustrie - Association of German Automobile Manufacturers and Suppliers.
MDCG
Automatic equipment that is intended to augment or provide ventilation of the lungs of the patient when connected to the airway of the patient:
- intended for use in an environment that provides specialized care for patients whose conditions can be life threatening and who can require comprehensive care and constant monitoring in a professional healthcare facility;
- intended to be operated by a healthcare professional operator; and
- intended for those patients who need differing levels of support from artificial ventilation including for ventilator-dependent patients.
See e.g. EN ISO/IEC 80601-2-12:2011 + Cor.:2011
[Definition according to MDCG 2020-9 No. 2.1]
MDCG
These ventilators are used in Emergency Medical Service environment, e.g. in ambulances, transport of patients to the hospital, patient transport from hospital to hospital or transport within the hospital. The alarm and safety concept of emergency and transport ventilators in general is designed for a permanent presence of the user. This facilitates fast recognition and response in the event of an alarm or in the event of any malfunction (See e.g. EN 794-3:1998+A2:2009).
[Definition according to MDCG 2020-9 No. 2.1]
MDCG
Ventilators are breathing support devices and can fall into different types according to their intended use and characteristics.
[Definition according to MDCG 2020-9 No. 2.1]
The latest version of ISO 9000:2005, clause 3.8.4, defines verification as "confirmation by objective evidence that requirements are met".
Example: "Confirmation that a product meets a company's own internal requirements specification results in a verified product".
MDCG
Confirmation, through the provision of objective evidence, that specified requirements have been fulfilled. [refer to EN ISO 9000:2015]
[Definition according to MDCG 2022-3 No. 3.5]