Version: 1.0.1 | Published: 1 Dec 2025 | Updated: 2 days ago
Global Medical Device Nomenclature (GMDN)
Dataset
Summary
Type:
Information standards
Effective From:
15 February 2023
Applies To:
- Health authorities and regulators
- Health care providers
- Manufacturers and others with a naming system that can be used to exchange medical device information and support patient safety
Impacts On:
Implementation of this information standard impacts all health IT systems
suppliers providing systems to the above providers; suppliers should work with
their customers to determine necessary changes. NHS Staff within organisations
using devices in scope will be able to use the GMDN in their data systems to
better identify, name, and group medical devices.
Conformance Date:
31 December 2023
Topics:
- Adult
- Care
- Continuity of care
- Data definitions and terminologies
- Dispensing
- Pharmacy, Medicines and Prescribing
- Tests and diagnostics
- Vaccination
Care Settings:
- Community health
- Dentistry
- Hospital
- Maternity
- Mental health
- Pharmacy
- Social care
- Urgent and Emergency Care
Alternate Name:
Also known as GMDN.
Documentation
Description:
The Global Medical Device Nomenclature (GMDN) provides a generic system to identify medical device products used to diagnose, monitor, treat and prevent disease or injury. It provides a generic or common name for devices. The system allows sharing of data on medical device use, supporting patient safety. GMDN is a global standard, independent of manufacturer proprietary name or identifier. It is already used widely across the NHS.
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Origin
Name:
NHSE-SD Data Catalogue