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Code of Conduct of Medical Devices

The General Purchasing Conditions for Healthcare (GPC) are a set of standard conditions used in the Netherlands for the procurement of products and services within the healthcare sector. Here is an explanation of what it entails, why it's important, and how it works.

The General Purchasing Conditions, in the Netherlands the Algemene inkoopvoorwaarden Gezondheidszorg (AIVG) provides general conditions that offer legal, administrative, and sometimes technical guidelines for the purchase of goods and services by healthcare institutions such as hospitals, nursing homes, and other care providers. The AIVG is intended to standardize and simplify the relationship between the purchasing party (healthcare institution) and the supplier.

The AIVG and the modules are developed by working groups from various healthcare organizations and suppliers under the direction of Nevi Zorg (Healthcare). The umbrella organizations ActiZ, the Dutch GGZ, the Dutch Association of Hospitals (NVZ), the Association of Dutch Disability Care Organizations (VGN), and the largest purchasing cooperatives endorse the AIVG. As a result, the conditions are widely supported and up-to-date.

If you have any comments or ideas, we would love to hear them via zorg@nevi.nl. This way, we can further improve the conditions, explanations, and modules. In case of any discrepancies between AIVG 2022 and the modules and their respective explanations, the former naturally takes precedence, and we would also like to be informed of any such discrepancies via zorg@nevi.nl.

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FAQ

  • Advertising and marketing: Guidelines on how medical devices may be promoted without misleading or creating false expectations.
  • Financial relationships: Rules for reporting and disclosing financial interactions, such as sponsorship and consultancy.
  • Favors: Restrictions on giving or receiving gifts and other favors that may influence decision-making.
  • Education and training: How suppliers can support healthcare professionals in training and education in an ethical manner.
The Code of Conduct for Medical Devices was created to:
  • Ensuring trust: Patients and healthcare professionals must be able to trust that decisions about medical devices are made in the best interests of the patient.
  • Promote transparency: All financial relationships between healthcare professionals and suppliers are made public, leading to greater transparency in the healthcare market.
  • Establish ethical standards of conduct: To create a level playing field and prevent undue influence or favoritism.
  • Increase accountability: Both suppliers and healthcare professionals are responsible for adhering to ethical and professional standards.
Compliance with the Code of Conduct for Medical Devices is crucial for Nevi Healthcare to ensure the integrity, transparency and quality of care. It also helps to build trust between all parties involved and promotes a market without unfair competition.
There is a Code Committee that monitors compliance with the Code of Conduct for Medical Devices. They handle complaints, provide advice and can impose sanctions for violations of the code of conduct. In addition, the Healthcare Transparency Register maintains an overview of all financial relationships that must be made public. Bezoek het Transparantieregister Zorg
Non-compliance can lead to reputational damage, legal consequences, and sanctions from the Code Committee. It can also lead to loss of trust by patients and the wider healthcare community.

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