Supply Chain

Cleveland Clinic was sold a batch of ineffective N95 masks that may be counterfeit, the health system told WKYC, a Cleveland-based NBC affiliate, Jan. 28. 

A physician practice in rural northeast Georgia will not receive shipments of COVID-19 vaccines for six months — a state-imposed sanction after the group vaccinated school district employees, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 

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

Mike Roman, CEO and chairman of 3M, told CNBC Jan. 26 that the company expects demand for N95 masks to be strong throughout 2021. 

A House subcommittee is investigating a $70 million deal between the federal government and two medical device companies to supply the U.S. with ventilators that ended up being inadequate to treat COVID-19 patients, The Washington Post reports. 

The global COVID-19 vaccination effort is being slowed by logistical problems with last-mile delivery, industry leaders told CNBC Jan. 26. 

While demand in 2020 has significantly exceeded available product, stakeholders across the supply chain have worked together to deliver necessary medical supplies.

Rochelle Walensky, MD, the new director of the CDC, said Jan. 24 that supply is "probably going to be the most limiting constraint early on" to reaching President Biden's goal of administering 100 million COVID-19 vaccines in his first 100…

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

Almost 20 percent of U.S. counties have no COVID-19 testing sites, affecting more than 7 million people, according to data from nonprofit group Surgo Ventures cited by The Wall Street Journal.