Supply Chain

B. Braun Medical is recalling 43,026 blood administration sets after the company received complaints about the potential for leakage.

The FDA has approved Boston-based medical devicemaker Renovia's Ieva Pelvic Digital Therapeutic device, designed to strengthen pelvic floor muscles to treat urinary incontinence in women. 

Below are five of the top supply chain stories published by Becker's Hospital Review in November, beginning with the most popular:

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

The FDA Nov. 26 approved a Tusker Medical device that can be inserted in the eardrum to treat recurrent ear infections. 

The FDA still has a long list of proposed rules to vote on before the end of the year, including a rare medical device ban, a rule to establish a category of over-the-counter hearing aids and a rule to streamline…

The FDA approved Nov. 22 a Medtronic device allowing patients with end-stage renal disease to receive longer periods of uninterrupted dialysis.

The FDA said Nov. 25 it has taken several steps to reduce medical devicemakers' reliance on ethylene oxide to sterilize their products, after concerns that the chemical could cause cancer have prompted the closure of several sterilization plants and caused…

Medtronic is warning of a potential safety risk involving its MiniMed insulin pumps that has led to at least one hospitalization and one death, according to the Star Tribune.  

Standardizing the supplies, devices and implants physicians use is imperative not only to reduce hospital spending, but to improve the quality of care, according to an op-ed in STAT written by Chuck Peck, MD, managing director at Navigant.