Supply Chain

Abbott said Oct. 12 it has received emergency authorization from the FDA for a new antibody test that is designed to detect more recent infections. 

Augusta University Medical Center in Georgia has given salary increases to lab workers and brought in contract lab scientists to help ease the demand for COVID-19 testing, but the hospital said it still doesn't have the staff to sustain the…

Supply chain success is often more of an art than a science, so it is important to have a diverse set of skills on your team to achieve best results. Both in response to the pandemic and due to advancing…

CMS said that it has issued 171 cease and desist letters since Aug. 12 to labs that were conducting COVID-19 tests but didn't meet federal standards for quality and safety.

Amazon has partnered with Carrier Global Corporation, a refrigeration and cold chain company, to improve how medicine, vaccines and other goods are moved and monitored globally. 

Labor unions representing healthcare workers as well as teachers, transit operators and other front-line workers have filed a lawsuit against the federal government over their alleged failure to provide adequate protective gear and other medical supplies to essential workers. 

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

The FDA sent a warning letter to Battelle Memorial Institute, a company that makes a system to decontaminate face masks, saying it doesn't have adequate procedures for identifying adverse events. 

Miami-based Baptist Health South Florida, an 11-hospital system, has never run out of personal protective equipment during the state's COVID-19 pandemic, in part, it said, because of its consolidated distribution services center. The health system offered details about its supply…

An HCA Healthcare physician has died of COVID-19 after reusing her N95 mask for weeks, if not months, The Guardian reported.