ISO 13485 International

ISO 13485 quality management system readiness

What does a device QMS need to contain, and are we audit ready?

What this route requires

ISO 13485 sets quality management system requirements for organisations involved in the design, production, installation and servicing of medical devices.

A certified QMS is a practical prerequisite for most device market access: notified bodies and several regulators expect it, and it underpins the design controls and traceability that a technical file depends on.

The common failure is a QMS written to pass an audit rather than to describe how the organisation actually works — which then diverges from practice within months.

Applies to

Organisations designing or manufacturing medical devices.

Our scope

How Prequel supports it

  • Gap assessment against the standard
  • Process and document matrix mapped to your actual operations
  • Audit-readiness planning and mock audit support
  • Linkage between QMS processes, design controls and the technical file

Delivered by Prequel. Where a step needs a specialist partner — laboratory testing in particular — we define the scope and review the output, and we say so rather than implying it is in-house.

Other routes

Many programmes target more than one market. Evidence generated for one route can often support another, which is worth planning before testing starts rather than after.

Not sure ISO 13485 is your route?

That is what the Readiness Assessment settles. Tell us the product, its intended use and your target market, and we will confirm the pathway before you commit to evidence.