The FDA has removed N-95s from its list of supplies facing shortages, indicating confidence domestic inventory and procurement for this protective mask.
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"Because the supply chain function oversees most of a health system’s external spend, which accounts for up to 40 percent of total costs, it is a clear choice for investment aimed at optimizing performance."
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Questions persist about the safety of ethylene oxide, a gas used to sterilize medical devices:
"The EPA released the names of 23 U.S. locations and territories where medical sterilizer facilities are producing dangerous levels of ethylene oxide"
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Medical device data becomes critically important throughout the supply chain, particularly #UDI (Unique Device Identification). With the US FDA Class I deadline now just a couple months away, gaining visibility in the #GUDID has many benefits. Learn more - https://t.co/HaUSwZXSJg
Our next live webinar features a panel across the med device industry including @GMDNAgency, @SymmetricHS and @greenlightguru. Register to join us live or review the recording. Register here https://t.co/KmRRmr9mUZ
Today, the @US_FDA identified a Class I Recall, the most serious type of recall: Smiths Medical is recalling Medfusion 3500 and 4000 Syringe Infusion Pumps.
“Tracking material that’s flowing into a health system — from manufacture to shipping to delivery to storage to point of use — is critical”
And that's why we built Symmetric Lime, scanning software that works.
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Millions of Philips ventilators were recalled in June 2021 for “toxic or cancer-causing effects... Yet a year later, many patients are still awaiting replacements — and some are using the recalled machines despite those possible risks."
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"The vast majority of emissions in the [healthcare] sector — 80% — come from the medical supply chain."
Healthcare leaders are beginning to turn their focus toward sustainability; managing supply chain emissions will be key to decarbonizing.
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Nationwide imaging dye shortages are the latest healthcare supply chain disruption, "the result of the recent lockdown in Shanghai to quell a Covid outbreak [that] has prompted hospitals to ration."
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In an effort to "boost global supply of vaccines, treatments, and diagnostics for COVID-19," the White House and NIH have licensed research tools and resources to the World Health Organization's technology access program.
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"The U.S. healthcare system is facing supply shortages that dwarf the problems experienced in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic," writes Forbes, highlighting the challenge of identifying substitute products.
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The administration "suggested that the government help aggregate and disseminate data that could make it easier for companies to understand their supply chains and identify weaknesses."
https://t.co/rs62sc2bfD
Join us for the next informative session on US FDA Class I UDI Requirements & Exceptions. Specific scenarios require UDI data submission. Learn more from the expert panel on medical device #UDI data and its many uses for the supply chain. https://t.co/Qk62RNLjH3
We're excited to be working with @Infor on helping customers connect key data between the ERP and EHR:
"The benefits of [integration] significantly outweigh the challenges of implementing, linking and maintaining that integration."
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On the heels of Covid-related medical supplies shortages, the war in Ukraine raises new questions about the resilience and future of the US supply chain:
"We cannot rely on China forever for crucial medical supplies," says Dr. Dai.
https://t.co/3g45euzTiN
The Buy American rule issued earlier this month spurs domestic production, including for products like N95 masks, exam gloves and gowns that are critical to the medical supply chain.
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