Category: Supply Chain

NYC Health + Hospitals’ Danielle DiBari, PharmD, and the system’s supply team are working to establish a Diverse Supplier Council to cement equity throughout the hospital supply chain. 

Philips North America is recalling 150 MRI devices in the U.S. due to explosion risks. The FDA has classified the recall as a Class 1, the most serious type of recall. 

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, states scrambled to secure masks, medical gowns and other personal protective equipment for healthcare workers. Much of those items have sat in stockpiles and with product expiration dates approaching, states are…

Olympus, a Japan-based medical devicemaker, is warning customers of more than 17,000 airway products that might burn patients or catch fire, the FDA said Dec. 19. 

At the urging of White House officials, manufacturers have confirmed they will make an additional 230,000 doses of respiratory syncytial virus immunizations available for infants in January, alleviating a nationwide shortage. 

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine has recycled more than 12,000 pounds of IV bags waste that would otherwise be sent to landfills.

On Gartner’s 15th annual ranking of the nation’s best health system supply chains, Cleveland Clinic secured the No. 1 spot for the third consecutive year. 

Medline, the Northfield, Ill.-based major medical supplier, made several headlines this year for key developments ranging from newly inked deals to challenges due to fire damage at a manufacturing plant. 

Medical device maker Getinge is recalling 41 of its Cardiohelp Emergency Drive life support machines due to the risk of the device’s emergency drive becoming stuck when clinicians attempt to activate the function. The FDA has classified it as a Class 1…