Supply Chain

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health is opening two personal protective equipment manufacturing facilities this year in Louisiana, the health system said May 3. 

Every year in May, we celebrate National Hospital Week . This allows an opportunity to highlight our hospitals, health systems, and healthcare workers and the innovative ways they are supporting the needs of their community members, especially through this pandemic. 

Medline is building a $75 million supply facility in St. Peters, Mo., near the St. Louis area, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported April 30. 

Medical device recalls, whether voluntary or mandated by the FDA, ensure patient safety. Here are six reported to the FDA since mid-April:

Bloodworks, a company that supplies 95 percent of blood to Pacific Northwest hospitals, has advised hospitals to conserve on-site blood supplies, as it can't keep hospital inventories full due to a steep decline in donations, The Daily News reports. 

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

Five recent medical supply deals and acquisitions reported by Becker's Hospital Review since the end of March: 

The lack of a federal manufacturing strategy played a key role in the U.S. medical supply chain being unprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., wrote in an April 28 opinion column published in The Hill. 

Innova Medical Group, a California-based antigen test maker, has acquired Pacific PPE Corp., an N95 mask manufacturer, the companies said April 26.

The U.S. will send medical supplies including personal protective equipment, testing kits and raw materials for COVID-19 vaccines to India as the country is experiencing a surge of new infections, the White House said April 25.