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⚠ TGA Stage 1 — effective 21 March 2026 Australian hospitals

Medical device recall
governance — verified,
audit-ready.

ROQAIAH helps Australian hospitals receive, action, and close medical device recall notices — with the structured evidence trail your quality team needs for TGA mandatory reporting.

Subscribe free — Recall Watch → Request a demo
Why act now — 3 facts
21 Mar
TGA Stage 1 mandatory facility reporting in effect
Live
10
Calendar days to report death / serious injury events
Mandatory
1 Jul
UDI phase-in — Class III devices & Class 4 IVDs
2026
ROQ 1–5
Maturity levels — from notice-driven to verified closure
Framework
Regulatory basis
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 — mandatory recall reporting
Privacy Act 1988 — APPs 1–13, minimum-PID design
ASD Essential Eight ML1 — baseline from launch
Azure Australia East — AU data sovereignty
ISO 13485 — quality management alignment
TGA Stage 2 — monitoring from 2027

Hospitals receive recall notices. Proving they acted on them is the hard part.

When a recall notice arrives, the work has just begun — tracking devices across wards, coordinating teams, collecting evidence, managing exceptions, and producing a defensible closure record.

01
Action tracking is fragmented

Recall notices arrive from TGA, manufacturers, and distributors — managed in spreadsheets and email threads. No single record of what was done, by whom, and when.

02
Inventory matching is manual

Matching a notice to affected stock across wards and sites is time-consuming. Without a structured process, devices can be missed — with no audit trail to prove otherwise.

03
Closure cannot be proven without structured evidence

TGA mandatory reporting requires demonstrated recall completion. An email chain is not a verified closure record. Exceptions need documented risk decisions.

04
The 10-day mandatory reporting clock starts immediately

For events involving death or serious deterioration of health related to a high-risk device, Stage 1 requires a TGA report within 10 calendar days of becoming aware.

This is a CEO-level obligation

TGA Stage 1 places formal mandatory reporting obligations on healthcare facilities. Quality leads, biomedical engineering teams, and hospital executives need a consistent, repeatable process — not a one-off response each time a notice arrives.

A structured recall operations platform for Australian hospitals

ROQAIAH is a hospital workflow tool for receiving, triaging, actioning, and closing recall and adverse-event cases — with evidence management, KPI reporting, and audit-export built in.

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Structured case intake

TGA reference, device class, event type, date received, and reporting obligation flag — captured in a structured record from day one.

10-day TGA reporting timer

Automated countdown from event date. Escalation alert at day 7 to the quality lead. The most commercially critical single feature — built in from launch.

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Device & inventory triage

Match recall notices to affected device stock at site level. Assign by department and ward. Quantities tracked in the same record.

Verified closure sign-off

Named authorised sign-off, timestamp, closure decision, and exception flag for devices not recovered — a defensible record your team can produce on request.

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Evidence pack — RCES aligned

Upload and index supporting documentation against the Recall Closure Evidence Set (RCES) artefact classes. Evidence stored where it belongs — attached to the case.

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KPI dashboard & audit export

Time-to-identify, time-to-action, verified closure rate, open exceptions, overdue actions. Export a full audit-ready PDF for board, TGA, or ACHS EQuIP review.

From TGA notice to verified closure — in one platform

Five steps. One repeatable process. An evidence trail at every stage.

1
Notice received
TGA alert, manufacturer or distributor communication — captured as a structured case record
2
Device triage
Affected devices matched to site inventory. Wards assigned. 10-day clock starts
3
Action & evidence
Actions assigned to owners. Evidence uploaded against RCES artefact classes
4
Exceptions logged
Devices not recovered documented with reason code, risk decision, escalation path
5
Verified closure
Named sign-off, timestamp, audit-pack exported. Case closed. Evidence retained

Start free. Scale when you're ready.

Three tiers designed to meet hospitals where they are — from a weekly intelligence digest to a full hosted recall operations platform.

Tier 0
Recall Watch
Free — no commitment
Weekly TGA recall intelligence to your quality inbox. No software, no data, no obligation.
  • Weekly TGA device recall digest
  • Class I recall alerts — death / serious injury scope
  • Stage 1 mandatory reporting updates
  • ROQ maturity self-assessment guide
  • RCES evidence checklist (PDF)
  • Governance charter starter template
Subscribe — no cost
Tier 1.5 — Network
Recall Ready Network
Negotiated — multi-site groups
For hospital groups managing recall governance across multiple sites with consolidated executive reporting.
  • Everything in Recall Ready
  • Multi-site hierarchy & dashboard
  • Group-level KPI rollup & audit pack
  • Executive reporting pack — quarterly
  • Priority support SLA
Enquire — group pricing

Start with Recall Watch — free, this week.

Subscribe and receive weekly TGA recall intelligence, triage guides, and governance templates — no software, no data, no commitment required.

Free serviceNo softwareNo commitment

ROQAIAH Recall Watch

Weekly TGA device recall intelligence, triage guidance, and governance templates — delivered directly to your quality inbox. Start building your recall-readiness posture without any software or data commitment.

Subscribe — no cost → Upgrade to Recall Ready
What you receive
Weekly TGA digest
Class I recall alerts
Stage 1 reporting updates
ROQ maturity guide
RCES checklist PDF
Monthly 20-min call

Everything you need to monitor, triage, and prepare — for free.

Recall Watch is the Tier 0 foundation of the ROQAIAH service ladder. It builds the relationship and the vocabulary before any software is involved.

  • Weekly TGA device recall digest — curated from TGA's device recall database, classified by device class and urgency
  • Class I recall alerts — same-day notification for death/serious injury scope devices
  • Stage 1 mandatory reporting updates — what's changed, what your obligations are, and what to watch
  • ROQ maturity self-assessment guide — where is your hospital on the ROQ 1–5 maturity scale?
  • RCES evidence checklist (PDF) — the 19-artefact class evidence standard for verified recall closure
  • Governance charter starter template — a role assignment and process skeleton your quality team can adapt
  • Monthly 20-minute advisory call — one call per month with the ROQAIAH team to review your recall readiness posture
Sample bulletin preview
ROQAIAH Recall Watch
Week of 21 March 2026 · AU Edition
2 Class I alerts
CLASS I RECALL — TGA RC-2026-RN-01234
Cardiac monitoring lead — contact fault
Device class: Class III · Affected units: ~2,400 AU · Action required: Quarantine and return
⏱ Reporting obligation: 10-day window applies
CLASS II RECALL — TGA RC-2026-RN-01231
Infusion pump — software labelling error
Device class: Class IIb · Affected units: ~890 AU · Action: Software update + label correction

Join Recall Watch — free.

No software. No data. No obligation. Cancel any time. Your contact details are used only to send the weekly bulletin and the occasional advisory note.

Privacy note: Your contact information is collected under the ROQAIAH APP-aligned privacy policy. It will not be shared with third parties and is stored on AU-hosted infrastructure. You may request deletion at any time.
No software. No credit card. No catch.

Ready to go beyond bulletins?

Recall Ready gives your hospital a hosted platform, structured evidence management, and the KPI dashboard your board expects to see.

Tier 1 — Hosted SaaSAU-hostedZero-standing vendor access

ROQAIAH Recall Ready

A single-tenant, AU-hosted recall operations platform. Every case from intake to verified closure — structured, evidence-based, and audit-ready for TGA mandatory reporting.

Request a proposal → Start with Recall Watch — free
Platform assurances
Azure Australia East — data sovereignty
Zero standing vendor access — JIT only
ASD Essential Eight ML1
APPs 1–13 — Privacy Act aligned
NDB scheme — 30-day response plan
ISO 13485 — QMS alignment
10
Calendar days — TGA Stage 1 mandatory reporting window
19
RCES artefact classes built into the evidence-pack module
ROQ 1–5
Maturity levels — measured by the KPI dashboard
1 Jul
TGA UDI phase-in — Class III / Class 4 IVD capture built in

Every feature your quality team needs. Nothing it doesn't.

The Recall Ready feature set is built around one goal: giving your team an auditable, repeatable process for every recall event — from the moment a notice arrives to verified closure.

FeatureTGA alignmentPriority
Recall / adverse-event case intake
Structured form: TGA reference, device class, event type, date received, reporting obligation flag
Stage 1 trigger identificationP0 — Launch
10-day TGA reporting timer
Countdown from event date, auto-escalation at day 7, alert to quality lead
Stage 1 — 10 calendar daysP0 — Launch
Device / inventory triage
Site-level inventory match, affected device quantity, department / ward assignment
Closure evidence pre-requisiteP0 — Launch
Owner assignment and action tracking
Assign responsible person, due date, action type, sub-tasks, status
Operational workflow managementP0 — Launch
Evidence pack — RCES artefact aligned
File upload per action, metadata tagging, artefact class labels
RCES evidence class mappingP0 — Launch
Verified closure sign-off
Named sign-off by authorised role, timestamp, closure decision, exception flag
RCES core — verified completionP0 — Launch
Exception log
Devices not recovered, reason code, risk decision, escalation path
Mandatory for closure defensibilityP0 — Launch
KPI dashboard
TTI, TTA, verified closure rate, open exceptions, overdue actions
ROQ maturity measurementP0 — Launch
Audit-export pack
PDF report with case summary, evidence index, action log, closure decisions, exceptions
TGA submission & internal auditP0 — Launch
Role-based access control
Site coordinator, quality lead, group exec, read-only, vendor-JIT
APP 11 security controlsP0 — Launch
UDI tracking module
Capture and verify Unique Device Identifiers at recall intake
TGA UDI phase-in 1 July 2026Phase 2 — M5–7
Multi-site group dashboard
Consolidated executive view, rollup KPIs, group-level audit-pack export
Network tier enablementPhase 2 — M5–7
TGA notice auto-import
Scheduled integration with TGA recall database
Reduces notification lagPhase 2 — M6–8

Built around data sovereignty from day one.

ROQAIAH Recall Ready is designed around device-event records, not patient records. This architectural decision reduces Privacy Act obligations, simplifies procurement, and accelerates hospital sign-off.

Infrastructure

  • Azure Australia East (primary) — no data leaves AU
  • Azure Australia Southeast (backups only)
  • PostgreSQL row-level security — tenant isolation
  • Azure Key Vault — all secrets and encryption keys
  • Immutable log retention — 90 days minimum
  • Azure Front Door + WAF — OWASP managed ruleset

Access & identity

  • Zero standing vendor access — JIT only
  • Customer-approved JIT sessions — fully logged
  • MFA mandatory for all admin and quality-lead roles
  • Azure AD PIM — privileged identity management
  • RBAC: site coordinator → group executive
  • Service principals — no shared credentials
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Privacy and data governance commitment

All data is stored exclusively in Australian sovereign data centres. No standing vendor access — support is JIT, customer-approved, and fully logged. ROQAIAH is designed around device-event records, not patient records — minimising Privacy Act obligations from the ground up. APP privacy policy, AU data-residency commitment, ASD E8 ML1 alignment evidence, and NDB incident response plan provided at contract stage.

Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)APPs 1–13NDB schemeAU data sovereigntyASD Essential Eight ML1Zero standing accessAzure Australia EastMinimum-PID design

Ready to talk about your hospital?

We'll prepare a proposal tailored to your site count, device mix, and TGA reporting context. No pressure — start with a scoping call.

Designed for

Built for the people who manage recall risk inside Australian hospitals.

ROQAIAH is not a general quality management system. It is purpose-built for hospital quality and biomedical engineering teams who need to demonstrate recall compliance under TGA mandatory reporting obligations.

Our customers
Private hospital groups
Standalone acute hospitals
Specialist surgical centres
Public hospital networks — procurement in progress

One platform — three roles, one shared goal.

Recall governance touches three layers of the hospital. ROQAIAH is designed so each role sees exactly what they need — and the evidence trail supports all three.

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Quality & Safety Lead

The operational owner. Responsible for receiving notices, coordinating teams, collecting evidence, and managing the closure process end to end.

Their ROQAIAH view
  • Full case intake and triage workflow
  • Owner assignment and action tracking
  • Evidence pack upload and indexing
  • 10-day timer and escalation alerts

Biomedical Engineering

The device expert. Responsible for inventory matching, device identification, quarantine and return logistics, and technical sign-off on affected device status.

Their ROQAIAH view
  • Device triage and inventory matching
  • UDI capture and verification
  • Exception logging and risk documentation
  • Technical action evidence upload
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Executive / Governance Lead

The oversight layer. Needs confidence that the hospital's recall posture is defensible — and a report they can take to the board, the TGA, or an ACHS EQuIP assessment.

Their ROQAIAH view
  • Executive KPI dashboard
  • ROQ maturity level and trend
  • Audit-export PDF for board reporting
  • Group-level rollup (Network tier)

Which hospitals is ROQAIAH designed for?

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Private hospital groups

Ramsay Health Care (72 sites), Healthscope (38 sites), Luye Medical, St Vincent's Private — multi-site groups with a group quality function and site-level biomedical teams. The Network tier is designed for this segment.

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Standalone private hospitals

Independent acute hospitals with 50–350 beds, a quality and safety function, and direct TGA mandatory reporting obligations. Tier 1 single-site is designed for this segment.

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Specialist surgical centres

Day surgery and specialist procedural facilities. High use of Class III implantable devices. Often under-resourced for recall management relative to their device risk exposure.

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Public hospital networks

NSW Health, Queensland Health, SA Health — state-level networks with more complex procurement requirements. IRAP assessment path and ASD Essential Eight documentation are required. Timeline: Year 2.

Does this sound like your hospital?

Start with a 20-minute introductory call. We'll walk through your current recall process and show you exactly where ROQAIAH adds the most value.

Peer-reviewed researchPublication-grade

Not a vendor claim. A published framework.

ROQAIAH is grounded in peer-reviewed research defining the recall execution gap and a validated governance framework for verified recall completion — citable now.

Scholarly foundation
P1 preprint live — doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9098866/v1
Globalization & Health — under editorial review
ROQ-AIAH-STD-1000 — standards deposit in progress

Two papers. One governance architecture.

The ROQAIAH framework is grounded in peer-reviewed research under simultaneous editorial review. Both papers are citable now via their preprint records.

P1 — Recall Governance Paper

Closing the Recall Execution Gap — a governance framework for verified medical device recall completion

Under editorial review at Globalization & Health. Posted as a preprint 13 March 2026. Citable now in all outreach contexts. Defines the recall execution gap, Recall Closure Evidence Set (RCES), ROQ maturity model (levels 1–5), and governance metrics (TTI, TTA, VCR, EB, RRD, EoC).

↗ doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9098866/v1
R1 — Governance-Through-Design Paper

Trigger-based governance frameworks for digital design accountability

Under review at Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions (EIST). Defines trigger-based governance and accountability-through-architecture — the design logic that underpins how ROQAIAH structures governance obligations into the platform itself.

Under review — EIST
5
ROQ maturity levels — notice-driven to verified closure
19
RCES artefact classes defining auditable recall evidence
6
Governance KPI metrics: TTI, TTA, VCR, EB, RRD, EoC
L1–L3
Healthchain conformance levels — conceptual reference

What ROQAIAH builds on.

Recall Closure Evidence Set (RCES)

The RCES defines the 19 artefact classes that together constitute auditable, verified recall completion. It is the evidence standard that ROQAIAH's platform is built around — connecting hospital workflow directly to what TGA and ACHS EQuIP assessors expect to see.

ROQ Maturity Model (1–5)

A five-level staged governance model: from Level 1 (notice-driven, reactive) through Level 3 (structured, evidence-based) to Level 5 (realtime, AI-augmented, cross-institutional). ROQAIAH Recall Ready is the platform path from Level 1 to Level 3. Levels 4–5 are the protected Healthchain architecture.

Governance KPI metrics

Six metrics operationalise the ROQ framework: Time-to-Identify (TTI), Time-to-Action (TTA), Verified Closure Rate (VCR), Evidence Burden (EB), Recall Readiness Differential (RRD), and Extent of Compliance (EoC). These are the metrics your KPI dashboard measures.

The recall execution gap

The gap between a recall notice being issued and a hospital being able to demonstrate, with auditable evidence, that every affected device has been identified, acted on, and closed out appropriately. P1 defines it. ROQAIAH closes it.

Want the research briefing?

We'll send you the P1 preprint, a plain-language summary, and the RCES artefact class overview — formatted for your quality team.

20-minute callNo pressure

Request a demo or proposal.

A 20-minute call with the ROQAIAH team. We'll walk through your current recall process and show you exactly where the platform adds value — using a synthetic dataset that matches your hospital type.

A focused, practical 20 minutes.

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Your current process (0–8 min)

We listen. How do recall notices arrive? Who coordinates the response? What does your quality team use today?

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Platform walkthrough (8–16 min)

We show the case intake, 10-day timer, evidence pack, KPI dashboard, and audit-export — using synthetic data from a comparable hospital type.

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Three next steps offered (16–20 min)

Recall Watch subscription, scoping engagement for a Tier 1 proposal, or a direct proposal discussion. You choose the pace.

Remote delivery from Lebanon

"Your data stays in Australia. We operate AU-hosted infrastructure with zero standing vendor access. We start with governance templates — no patient data required in Tier 0."

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