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Taiwan Food and Drug Adminstration

9. Advocating Safe Selection of Medical Devices and Cosmetics
(1) TFDA held ?ve press conferences for promoting health education on medical devices
such as hearing aids, corneal reshaping plates, implantable defibrillators, dental
implant, and medical compression socks. 334 press publications were released to
improve public knowledge of medical devices.

(2) The Smart Medical Device ?gurine and virtual mascot, designed according to tympanic
thermometers, was introduced to promote various activities such as prized Q&A for
outdoor events in universities, senior high schools, and medical device exhibits (Figure
2-9-6). 570 individuals participated in these interactive games.
(3) Experts were invited to compose articles on ?ve major medical device types of corneal
reshaping plates, bone density test devices, hydrophilic dressing, ophthalmology
lasers, and pregnancy test agents. These articles were published on magazines such
as Evergreen Monthly.
(4) TFDA held two press conferences titled Exciting Cosmetics for the Unique Looks-How
Much Do You Know About Eye Cosmetics? and Feel Cool in Summer and Getting Rid
of Body Odor-Proper Use of Antiperspirants and Deodorants which was covered by 99
press articles. TFDA also made two promotional short videos on the topics of Proper
Preservation of Cosmetics - Regular Replacement to Achieve Safe Use and SPF
Numbers Aren't Everything - Dress Properly to Avoid Sunburns to supplement TFDA
Safe Cosmetic Use Fan Page to improve public understanding on safe cosmetic use.
(5) To promote awareness for proper concepts and selection of cosmetics, TFDA hosted
a 1,017 Triple Safety with TFDA-Buy Smart to Maximize Your Beauty promotional
carnival for selecting safe cosmetics (Figure 2-9-7). Fun, educational, and interactive
games were used to improve awareness on regulatory requirements when selecting
cosmetics, understanding the labels provided on cosmetic products, and proper
usage of the cosmetics according to the product instructions and reminders.
(6) In 2015, TFDA held a skit and script writing competition for colleges and universities
for Health Education and Promoting Awareness for the Selection of Safe Cosmetics.
10 student groups from colleges and universities participated in this activity, which
was the ?rst time that concepts for safe cosmetic use were introduced to colleges and
universities.

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