Supply Chain

B. Braun Medical on March 2 issued a nationwide voluntary recall of its 250 milliliter injections of 0.9 percent sodium chloride. 

Global Health Exchange released its annual list of the 50 best healthcare supply chains in North America March 8. 

Low-priced foreign masks have driven some U.S. manufacturers out of business, The New York Times reported March 5.

Supply chain leaders have been navigating through supply constraints and obstacles since 2020. And it is clear the healthcare industry will require new ways of inventory management to stay ahead of these challenges.

Hospitals nationwide are facing a shortage of common saline products because of supply chain bottlenecks and a large spike in demand amid the omicron surge, Bloomberg reported March 4.

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response should enhance the management of the nation's Strategic National Stockpile, a new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine suggests. 

Developers are pursuing rapid flu and strep-throat diagnostic products as the pandemic raised consumers' comfort level with monitoring their own health, The Wall Street Journal reported March 3.

Ten health systems have posted job listings for supply chain expertise in the last week: 

The impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on global supply chain operations will likely depend on sanctions applied by the West and retaliation from Russia, according to a new report from Premier. 

Two Florida men were arrested on charges that alleged they illegally bought and sold prescriptions for durable medical equipment and used those prescriptions to file fraudulent Medicare claims for more than $11 million, the U.S. Justice Department said March 1.