Category: Supply Chain

Medline is partnering with Microsoft on a tool aimed at improving supply chain operations. 

The Biden administration has invoked the Defense Production Act to expedite the rebuilding of Baxter International’s IV fluid facility, where production was halted in the wake of flooding following Hurricane Helene, CBS News reported Oct. 15. 

After Hurricane Helene struck Baxter’s site in North Cove facility in Marion, N.C. — the nation’s main manufacturer of intravenous and peritoneal dialysis solutions — several healthcare organizations have shared conservation and drug shortage mitigatio…

Baxter International started to import  IV fluids last week from two of its international manufacturing facilities to address supply shortages in the U.S. 

Medline has signed a multi-year prime vendor distribution agreement with Visalia, Calif.-based Kaweah Health, California’s largest community healthcare organization which operates over 600 beds. 

The CDC issued a health advisory Oct. 12 with guidelines on how systems and leaders can manage the supply disruptions of peritoneal dialysis and intravenous solutions.

Hospitals and health systems nationwide are implementing conservation strategies and exploring alternatives to address the national shortage of IV fluids. 

Daytona Beach, Fla.-based B. Braun Medical plant, which produces nearly one-quarter of the IV fluids in the U.S., has emerged unscathed following Hurricane Milton, The New York Times reported Oct. 10.