Supply Chain

Hospitals' supply of two types of blood thinners wavered before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published Dec. 26 in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 

As health systems struggled with medical supply disruptions affected by inflation, geopolitical conflicts, demand spikes and COVID-19, here are eight noteworthy shortages from 2022:

Here are three moves Cardinal Health made in late 2022:

Here are eight drug and medical device recalls the FDA reported in December:

The reworked CPAP and BiPAP machines from Philips Respironics were found to be "unlikely to result in an appreciable harm to health in patients," Philips said Dec. 21. 

3M, a manufacturer of personal protective equipment and health supplies, said it would work to discontinue manufacturing with "forever chemicals" by 2025. 

Agiliti, a Minneapolis-based medical device management company, inked a $491 million contract with HHS to manage and maintain the nation's emergency supply of respiratory medical devices, the Star Tribune reported Dec. 19. 

After more than two years of disruptions and high demand, supply chain leaders are taking the lessons learned in the COVID-19 pandemic to strengthen their supply chain in hopes of preventing issues from resurfacing.

People are the focus of supply chain decisions for Jacquelyn Marcus, vice president for supply chain management at NYU Langone Health in New York City.

Emerge Manufacturing — a newly founded personal protective equipment manufacturer — is slated to open a 50,000-square-foot facility in Cincinnati in 2024.