The FDA issued a third warning letter to Olympus Medical, which manufactures endoscopes, following an inspection and 160 complaints of faulty equipment.
Supply Chain
The Global Healthcare Exchange revealed March 14 its list of the top 50 supply chains among hospitals and health systems.
About half of the nation's hospitals are eyeing more control of the medical supply chain, according to a survey sample involving 250 hospital and health system leaders.
The FDA narrowed its umbrella emergency use authorization for disposable, single-use surgical masks used in healthcare on March 6 after more than two years of the EUA prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the pandemic, product disruptions were the norm for healthcare supply chain teams. Many organizations didn't have the analytics or technologies necessary to analyze problems and develop solutions. Today, supply chain leaders at hospitals and health systems face additional challenges…
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Boston-based Mass General Brigham tapped Medline on Feb. 27 as its strategic medical supply vendor.
GE Healthcare said Feb. 23 it expects its contrast media products, which are used in CT scans and fell into shortage in May 2022, will return to normal supply levels in the next few weeks.
Neonatal incubators may be exposing people to "volatile chemicals," the FDA warned healthcare workers Feb. 23.
West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health is looking to strengthen its laboratory supply chain with a new partnership with Quest Diagnostics, the two companies said Feb. 16.
Philips Respironics recalled 13,811 ventilators the company reworked or replaced after it pulled millions of them off the market in summer 2021.