Healthcare DIVE October 26, 2020
Months into a crisis that highlighted flaws in the global supply chain, concerns around personal protective equipment still linger for healthcare providers. Thankfully, the pain today isn’t as acute.
Hospitals are in a much better position now than at the beginning of this year. They’ve sourced through new channels, begun stockpiling efforts and used newly approved sanitization methods to lengthen the life of existing gear.
But industry experts say the remedies are Band-Aids for a bigger problem, as flu season looms and COVID-19 hot spots re-emerge, posing broader questions about the fragility of the global healthcare supply chain.
Stockpiles abound with no coordinated strategy
The federal government’s emergency stockpiles maintained for times of crisis fell short when demand surged this...
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