In recent years, in the form of health lectures, on-site experiences, free testing, low-cost trials, gifts, etc., there are more and more "experiential sales" activities for medical devices specifically for the elderly or other specific groups of people, and this "experiential sales" method of medical devices has certain consumption and health risks:
1. Taking advantage of the weakness of the elderly who desire health and lack of professional knowledge, ordinary medical devices are said to be "curing all diseases" and delaying the treatment of diseases.
2. Adding or changing business premises without authorization, ostensibly for free experience, is actually unlicensed sales and illegal operation.
3. Organizers often do not have a medical professional background and relevant medical knowledge, and cannot correctly guide patients to use medical devices, which has great potential safety hazards in operation.
4. Temporary free experience points are generally located at market entrances and exits, residential areas and other places, with short activity time, large mobility, and no guarantee of after-sales service.
Tips:
There are certain risks associated with the use of medical devices, so please be cautious about participating in the free trial of medical devices. If you need to buy medical devices, you can go to a legal enterprise that holds a "Medical Device Business License" or "Medical Device Business Record Certificate" to purchase, and carefully read the product instructions. When purchasing medical devices, carefully check whether the product packaging has the medical device registration certificate number or record certificate number, the name of the manufacturer, the production date and other information, ask for relevant bills, and properly keep the proof of purchase, or log on to the website of the State Drug Administration for inquiry. If consumers find that the company sells medical devices without obtaining a business license or filing, or that the medical device products are not registered and there are false publicity, please call 12315 to complain and report to the market supervision and management department.
Source: Hami release
