Principles of Appropriate Regulations

• Specify appropriate standards of care and safety, neither requiring the use of specific products nor setting specific technological details that the products must meet.
  
• Encourage a multifaceted approach, recognizing that multiple approaches should be taken and that technology alone cannot solve the problem
  
• Promote health care workers’ choices of products or procedures without compromising patient care or healthcare worker safety.
  
• Encourage research and development of more advanced technology, facilitate the adoption of new and improved devices, and allow the expedited introduction of new products to the market. In other words, regulations must be open to new options and technological innovations, not tied down by language that would hinder the advancement of improved patient care and health care worker safety.

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