Supply Chain

Blue Flame Medical, a new medical supply company, is suing Chain Bridge Bank, blaming it for the loss of a $600 million deal with the state of California for COVID-19 supplies, The Wall Street Journal reported. 

Supply shortages due to the COVID-19 pandemic have left some healthcare workers struggling to obtain safety gear.

The White House Supply Chain Task Force said June 10 that the U.S. will have enough N95 masks to meet pandemic demand in July through October. 

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

The average yearly salary for several supply chain jobs has grown significantly in 2020 compared to 2019, according to Logistics Management's 2020 annual survey of logistics and supply chain compensation.

Three Senate Democrats have requested a probe of "Project Airbridge," a federal partnership with six of the country's largest medical supply companies to deliver goods from overseas to U.S. healthcare workers, The Hill reported. 

An official from the Department of Veterans Affairs said the department is short of personal protective equipment, swabs and other vital supplies to deal with a potential second wave of COVID-19, Military.com reported. 

Amazon is building testing labs at its fulfillment centers with the goal of testing most of its warehouse workers for COVID-19 every two weeks, CNBC reported. 

As hospitals and outpatient facilities resume surgeries according to federal and state guidelines, ensuring the availability of surgery-critical resources will be top of mind.

The FDA has classified an Intuitive Surgical recall of its da Vinci SP robotic surgery systems as class 2, the agency reported June 3. The recall was initiated by Intuitive Surgial in April 2019 after it discovered the system could trigger a…