Sentec and Percussionaire have recalled their VDR4 Phasitron Breathing Circuit Kits due to a venturi component malfunction that may reduce pressure and airflow, potentially leading to serious injury or death.
Category: Supply Chain
4 ways small businesses can prepare for tariffs
While potential tariffs brought on by the Trump administration are ever-changing, many healthcare systems have expressed that they are concerned about the raised costs imminent tariffs will cause.
Medline nets $1B annual contract with Veteran Affairs
Medline has been awarded a vendor contract by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
FDA warns of injury risk with catheter system
The FDA issued a warning regarding the Rotarex Atherectomy System, a device used to break up and remove the thrombus from peripheral arteries.
4 recent medical device recalls and corrections
Medical device recalls are essential to patient safety, addressing critical issues in devices that may pose health risks.
Hospital group urges White House to grant tariff exceptions
The American Hospital Association has called on the Trump administration to grant exceptions to proposed tariffs on medical devices and pharmaceuticals sourced from Mexico, Canada and China.
Thermo Fisher cuts 300 jobs in latest layoff round
Thermo Fisher Scientific is eliminating 300 jobs at its Cambridge and Plainville locations, effective March 30. The Waltham-based life sciences firm cited shifts in customer timelines and utilization needs as reasons for the layoffs, The Boston Globe r…
Tariffs on China threaten could drive up drug costs, exacerbate shortages: 5 notes
The recent imposition of a 10% tariff on Chinese imports is expected to raise the cost of generic drugs in the U.S. and worsen ongoing drug shortages, NBC News reported Feb. 3.
IV shortfall prompts new conservation practices
Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health has turned the recent national IV fluid shortage into an opportunity to reduce its reliance on these products, cutting usage by about half of preshortage levels, according to an Jan. 31 ASHP report.
Devicemaker issues software fix for glucose tests: 3 notes
Nova Biomedical issued an urgent software correction for its StatStrip Glucose and Glucose/Ketone Hospital Meter Systems after it found a defect that could transmit incorrect glucose and ketone results to hospital data management systems.
