Supply Chain

Several states are calling on members of their National Guards to help speed COVID-19 vaccinations, CNBC reported Jan. 8.

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

HHS is providing more than $22 billion in funding to states and territories for COVID-19 testing and vaccination efforts, the department said Jan. 6. 

Congress has been using the Curative COVID-19 test, which the FDA said Jan. 4 may be prone to giving false negatives, since at least November, Politico reported. 

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, said states shouldn't be too concerned with vaccinating people in perfect order if it slows the vaccination process, The Hill reported.

The FDA recently added new supplies, including pipette tips and micro pipettes, to its medical device shortage list. 

The FDA issued a warning Jan. 4 about the risk of false results, particularly false negative results, with Curative's COVID-19 test. 

The delivery of 421 shipments containing 144,400 doses of the Moderna vaccine to Texas was delayed by several days due a small number of shipments with temperature problems and potential issues with temperature sensors, according to Bloomberg. 

Since mid-November, the FDA has given emergency approval to six COVID-19 tests. 

Richard Bates, MD, the regional vice president of medical affairs at MidMichigan Medical Center in Alpena, has been transporting COVID-19 vaccines to his hospital from the health system's main hospital in Midland by driving them in his own car, The…