Mechanisms for providing obstetric service with medical supplies in accordance with the National classifier of medical devices NK 024:2023

Every woman has an indisputable right to realize reproductive health and ensure the birth of a child in professional conditions. The reform of the medical service of Ukraine is aimed at ensuring the efficiency and accessibility of the provision of medical services to every citizen, and improving their quality. In addition to improving the quality of coordination between different levels of medical care, the qualification of medical personnel, it is necessary to provide health care facilities with medical equipment.In order to bring the country’s regulatory framework in the field of application of medical devices to international approaches in Ukraine, the classification of medical devices has been coordinated with the international nomenclature of medical devices Global Medical Device Nomenclature.Mechanisms for providing the obstetric service with medical supplies in accordance with the National Classifier of Medical Devices of Ukraine NC 024:2023 is presented in the article as a result of the study with the application of bibliosemantic method and the method of structural-and-logical analysis. The practical application of the classifier is ensured by the use of a five-digit numerical code of the classifier, which is cross-referenced with the exact wording of the term of the medical device, its definition, and description in Ukrainian and English. Practical mechanisms for providing the obstetric service with medical supplies in accordance with the National Classifier of Medical Devices of Ukraine NC 024:2023 consist in the use of methodological recommendations approved by the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and the computer program “System of on-line access to the classifier of medical devices”, which ensure the methodological and technical use of the specified National Classifier of Medical Devices. The use of these methodological materials makes it possible to establish the availability of the necessary medical device in Ukraine, its manufacturer, price and providers.