Supply Chain

Front-line healthcare workers in Minnesota are seeing availability for N95 masks increase, according to a May 2 report published in the Star Tribune.

Medline said a three-year campaign that included a $1.5 billion investment in distribution centers and manufacturing capabilities has added hundreds of new jobs and expanded the medical supply maker's footprint.

Although useful healthcare knowledge exists in current data, it is often difficult to retrieve.

The FDA has revoked emergency use authorization for a system made by Battelle Memorial Institute to decontaminate N95 masks. 

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: