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As hospitals and health care facilities work to get back up and running after Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida's Big Bend, affecting several states, the medical supply chain could be at risk.
With the death toll at over 210,000 and rising, the collapse of medical supply chains continues to cost lives. Nurse Sandra Oldfield in Fresno, California, was among the first to become sick with ...
A pair of Republicans leading powerful House committees are calling for the Department of Veterans Affairs to speed up efforts to decrease the agency’s reliance on China for medical supplies ...
Most of the world's glove supply comes from Malaysia; [61] [62] Large orders with trusted companies were typically made "years in advance". Malaysia-based Top Glove and its subsidiary TG Medical were accused of violations of workers' rights, leading U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to ban their products in July 2020. [61]
In February 2022, Peter S. Goodman, writing in The New York Times, argued that returning to the pre-COVID-19-pandemic global supply chain was seen as "unlikely" in 2022. [21] India, the United States, and Brazil are hardest hit in the supply chain with significant shortages of many different product categories.
Bags of medical supplies and defibrillators at the York Region EMS Logistics Headquarters in Ontario, Canada. Medical logistics is the logistics of pharmaceuticals, medical and surgical supplies, medical devices and equipment, and other products needed to support doctors, nurses, and other health and dental care providers. [1]
Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) announced on Tuesday that he will introduce a bill that would diversify the U.S. medical supply chain in order to reduce reliance on Chinese products."If the ...
The distribution of medications has special drug safety and security considerations. [1] Some drugs require cold chain management in their distribution. [2]The industry uses track and trace technology, though the timings for implementation and the information required vary across different countries, with varying laws and standards.