Supply Chain
New research from Advisory Board, conducted in partnership with Staples Business, reveals how 102 health system supply chain and executive…
The FDA is allowing suppliers of viral transport media — materials needed to transport samples of COVID-19 diagnostic tests — to be exempt from certain regulatory requirements in an effort to increase the availability of the materials.
Ten hospitals and health systems posted job listings for supply chain expertise in the last week:
Quest Diagnostics signed a deal with Hackensack (N.J.) Meridian Health to take over lab operations at 11 of the health system's hospitals and one clinic, according to a memo obtained by Politico.
Peter Gaynor, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, told Congress this week that the U.S. still has "a ways to go" to have enough personal protective equipment for healthcare workers fighting COVID-19, The Hill reported.
Some public health officials are narrowing their recommendations for who should get a COVID-19 test because of a lack of supplies and an overwhelming demand for tests that have slowed average test result turnaround times around the country, The Wall…
LabCorp CEO Adam Schechter told CNBC July 21 that the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. is too fast for the company to keep up with demand, causing slower turnaround times for test results.
The Advanced Medical Technology Association, the medical device industry's largest trade group, has created a national COVID-19 diagnostic supply registry, designed to help the U.S. address any potential shortage of testing supplies.
CHI Health, based in Omaha, Neb., said it will stop requiring COVID-19 tests before elective surgeries because Abbott can't meet the current demand for testing reagents, local Nebraska news station KSNB reported July 21.
The FDA has added 20 more types of hand sanitizer to its list of those to avoid because they may contain methanol, a chemical that can be toxic when absorbed into the skin or ingested.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and the state's Department of Public Health announced July 20 a partnership with Mako Medical to provide testing supplies and services to process 10,000 COVID-19 tests per day.