Supply Chain

The FDA has fully approved the first COVID-19 test, the agency said March 17. 

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

The CDC said March 17 it will invest more than $12 billion to expand COVID-19 testing in schools and underserved communities. 

The FDA said March 16 it will allow manufacturers of COVID-19 tests to market tests for at-home or point-of-care use without studying how well they work in asymptomatic people. 

The winter storms that caused mass blackouts in Texas last month caused many chemical plants to shut down, which in turn is causing a shortage of raw materials needed for many medical supplies, such as face shields, The Wall Street…

The FDA has issued a warning that false positives can occur with a nasal swab test made by Roche that detects the flu and COVID-19 and differentiates between the two viruses.

It has been roughly a year since the COVID-19 surge began last March. During this time, some new supply chain practices came about to solve immediate needs.

David Sims, director of supply chain and logistics at Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, Miss., said prices for personal protective equipment remain inflated, and there still are supply shortages, WLOX, a local dual ABC/CBS-affiliated TV station reported March 10.

Cardinal Health said March 12 it is selling its Cordis medical device business to private equity firm Hellman & Friedman for roughly $1 billion. 

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