Category: Supply Chain

10 months later, GE's contrast dye nears normal supply levels

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. 

FDA warns of infant incubators with possible airborne chemical risk

Neonatal incubators may be exposing people to “volatile chemicals,” the FDA warned healthcare workers Feb. 23. 

Pennsylvania system taps yearslong lab supplier

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. 

GE recalls body scanners over risk of trapping, crushing patients 

GE HealthCare issued a recall of 688 of its Nuclear Medicine 600/800 Series Systems after identifying an issue that could lead to the machine’s detector falling and trapping or crushing a patient. In a Feb. 15 statement, the FDA classified this as a Cl…

Drug shortages up 30% and 10 more supply chain updates this week⎮2023

Here are the supply chain updates ASC leaders need to know this week.

CFOs' biggest financial threat to healthcare and 9 more supply chain updates

Here are 10 supply chain updates for ASC leaders reported by Becker’s since Feb. 3:

Inflation pressure persists in the US supply chain

Warehouse and distribution center storage prices are up 11 percent year over year, putting more pressure on the U.S. supply chain and consumer costs, according to a Feb. 13 report from CNBC.

Shot-down Chinese balloon may affect US medical supply chain

After the U.S. shot down a “high-altitude object” hovering above Alaska’s waters on Feb. 10 and a confirmed Chinese spy balloon the week prior, it’s unclear what these actions mean for the U.S.-China medical supply chain. 

Ochsner, supply companies form medical manufacturers group

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health and its supply company, SafeSource Direct, teamed up with seven U.S.-based medical device manufacturers to form the American Medical Manufacturers Association. 

Healthcare supply chain group cheers Biden's State of the Union

The Healthcare Supply Chain Association applauded President Joe Biden’s recent State of the Union speech for his comments on boosting domestic manufacturing, according to a statement shared with Becker’s.