Category: Supply Chain

Fresenius Medical Care recalls 12M syringes

Fresenius Medical Care is increasing its Class I recall of syringes from about 370,000 to more than 12 million, the FDA said Nov. 15.

Cardinal Health issues warning for 32M syringes

Cardinal Health is warning customers of more than 32 million syringes because they have different dimensions than older brands, resulting in compatibility issues with syringe pumps, the FDA said Nov. 14. 

Thermo Fisher Scientific to close Alabama plant, lay off 97 workers

Biotechnology company Thermo Fisher Scientific will be closing its plant in Auburn, Ala., and laying off 97 employees, ABC affiliate WTVM reported Nov. 14. 

2nd medical device company warns about stolen laryngoscopes

Laryngoscopes have been stolen from two medical supply companies, Medtronic and Covidien, spurring a recall of more than 5,000 illegally sold, defective devices.

CHI nurses: Critical care supply carts need leadership's help

Nurses at a CHI Health hospital in North Dakota are calling on executives to stock emergency crash carts, which they say has been a monthslong issue, according to a letter published Nov. 13 in The Bismarck Tribune. 

Bring the medical supply chain onshore, lawmakers say

Two legislators in charge of influential House committees are urging the Department of Veterans Affairs to rapidly onshore medical supply manufacturing and end its dependence on China, CNN first reported Nov. 8. 

Mayo Clinic, Cardinal Health create 1st surgical gown with pockets

Cardinal Health now sells the nation’s first surgical gown with chest pockets designed to hold a surgical instrument in operating rooms, which the medical supply company invented with physicians at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic.

FDA warns clinicians of recalled saline

The FDA is alerting healthcare providers to not use saline and sterile water products made by Nurse Assist after the Texas-based company recalled more than 70 solutions distributed by companies including Cardinal Health and McKesson.  

Medline, Utah system enter exclusive partnership

Medline and Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health clinched a yearslong, exclusive partnership deal. 

UC Davis' $579M ambulatory center on schedule despite weather, supply challenges

Construction of the largest ambulatory care center in the country is currently underway on the UC Davis Health campus in Sacramento, Calif., according to a Nov. 7 report from the Sacramento Business Journal.