Supply Chain
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Three Michigan health systems have unveiled a shared $48 million laundry facility to ensure patients and providers have adequate supplies of clean gowns, bed linen and more, the health systems said Oct. 28.
Baxter International issued an urgent device correction Oct. 29 related to all of its Spectrum infusion pumps. The devicemaker said that deviations from specific cleaning methods may impair the pumps' functionality and performance.
Ten hospitals and health systems posted job listings for supply chain expertise in the last week:
United Airlines plans to require preflight COVID-19 testing next month for certain flights to see whether testing increases demand for flights, CNBC reported.
Thermo Fisher Scientific, LabCorp and Quest Diagnostics all reported strong third-quarter results boosted by increased demand for COVID-19 testing.
The U.S. needs to overhaul its medical supply chains and reduce its dependence on foreign countries, bipartisan lawmakers told The Hill during a virtual event.
The U.S. is seeing regional distribution challenges for flu shots because of a huge surge in demand early in this flu season, according to the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy.
A shipping container holding more than 6 million medical gloves intended for three hospital systems was stolen from a supplier in Florida this week, The New York Times reported.
Mike Roman, CEO of 3M, told CNBC Oct. 27 that the company is making more N95 masks than ever as COVID-19 hospitalizations grow in 36 states.
The HHS has released initial data on how states plan to use their share of 100 million rapid COVID-19 tests the government began distributing in September. The tests, from Abbott, don't require a lab and give results in 15 minutes.