Environmental Scan 2017: Human Capital Issues within the Medical Devices Sector
Profile of Survey Participants
68 medical device companies in the sampling frame participated in the survey, which recorded a
response rate of 33%. 12 of these respondents (18%) are surgical/medical gloves manufacturers,
35 of them (51%) manufacture other medical consumables and the other 21 companies (31%)
are from the non-consumables segment.
Figure 1-4: Breakdown of survey participants by industry segments
Non-consumables
Orthopaedics and prosthetics: 7%
Diagnostic Imaging: 4%
Patient aids: 3%
Medical furniture: 3%
Other electrical/electronic based: 7%
Other non-electrical/electronic based: 6%
Non-consumables
31%
Surgical/Medical
gloves
18%
Other Medical
consumables
51%
(n = 68)
About one third of the companies manufacture rubber based products, a quarter of them
produce plastic / silicone based products and 13% fabricate metal based products.
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