Cardinal Health revised its product correction for more than 27 million syringes, upgrading the notice to a Class I recall — the most serious type — on Feb. 2.
The largest health system in Maryland is constructing a logistics operations center to centralize its medical supply storage, The Baltimore Banner reported March 8.
Medtronic Neurosurgery is recalling 45,176 drainage systems because catheters might disconnect from patient line stopcock connectors. There have been 26 reported injuries, the FDA said March 7.
More than four dozen health systems have pledged to adopt the Healthcare Industry Resilience Collaborative’s resiliency badge, which seeks to improve trust between medical suppliers and providers.
As hospitals and health systems worry over the unsteady supply of helium, a necessary element for MRI machines, Royal Philips installed its thousandth “virtually helium-free MRI,” the company said Feb. 28.
AdventHealth, in partnership with Medline, has opened a new 375,000-square-foot supply facility in Central Florida, according to a Feb. 28 announcement.
The CDC is anticipating a shortage of Td vaccines — which protect against tetanus and diphtheria — as the maker of one shot has discontinued production.