Category: Supply Chain

Fresenius Kabi USA recalled 1,546 large infusion pumps in a Class I recall, the most serious type, because of a risk of leaking products entering the electrical system and shutting down the device. 

WellSpan’s York (Pa.) Hospital has partnered to turn its plastic waste into concrete, which it will use on its next expansion, ABC affiliate WHTM reported April 19.

Less than half of health systems integrate clinicians into supply chain work, and this is barring hospitals from smoothening bumps in their supply chains, according to an April 13 post from McKinsey & Co.

Global Healthcare Exchange named 87 healthcare supplier and provider organizations to the 2022 GHX Millennium Club.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency benchmarked $2.64 million for Danbury (Conn.) Hospital to reimburse supply costs incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic and “providing food delivery for hospital staff unable to leave the facility during self-quar…

DCH Health System, based in Tuscaloosa, Ala., chose Medline as its primary distribution partner April 11 after working with another company for about 20 years. 

Calvin Wright, senior vice president of supply chain at Texas-based Houston Methodist, prides himself on investing in front-line workers and local businesses. 

Philips is recalling 1,088 reworked CPAP and BiPAP machines used for sleep apnea due to the potential for inaccurate or insufficient treatment. 

The FDA found sterilizations issues at a Global Pharma facility, which manufactured eye drops contaminated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, CNN reported April 3.

The Federal Trade Commission on April 3 ordered Illumina to divest cancer test maker Grail, saying the $7.1 billion deal would substantially stifle competition for cancer diagnostics in the U.S.