Manufacturers tend to overload information products with warnings and safety instructions in order to avoid any liability risks. But there is a lot to be said against this kind of protection, such as the requirements of the IEC/IEEE 82079-1 standard.

In an article published in issue 03/22 of the trade journal “technische kommunikation”, Torsten Gruchmann explains the challenges involved in designing warning and safety instructions in the accompanying documentation of medical devices. The article is available for download here.