FDA Adds Automated External Defibrillators and Other Medical Devices to Shortage List
The U.S. FDA has expanded its medical device shortage list to include three different types of medical equipment.
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US Med-Equip Expands to Support Medical Equipment Demands
US Med-Equip opened offices in Southern California, and a regional support center in Chicago, to meet demand for high quality medical equipment.
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The Rationing of a Last-Resort COVID Treatment
Physicians are finding themselves having to decide which critically ill COVID-19 patients will be able to use ECMO, potentially lifesaving therapy in short supply, reports the New York Times.
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FDA Adds Automated External Defibrillators and Other Medical Devices to Shortage List
The U.S. FDA has expanded its medical device shortage list to include three different types of medical equipment.
FDA Issues New Policy on Dry Heat for Reuse of Certain Respirators
“Bioburden reduction systems can play an important role in the ongoing efforts to help address shortages of FFRs,” says FDA’s Binita Ashar, MD.
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Four More Member States Join EU Medical Strategic Stockpile
Denmark, Greece, Hungary, and Sweden have joined as host countries of the rescEU medical equipment strategic reserve.
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U.S. Demand for Wire Forms in Medical Equipment
Wire forms needed for manufacturing life-saving medical equipment are in high demand because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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FDA Lists Medical Device Shortages, Discontinuance
The FDA is now providing an up-to-date medical device shortage list and a list of discontinued devices as a way to help mitigate such shortages.
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Collective Intelligence and Collaboration Around 3D Printing: Rising to the Challenge of COVID-19
Shortages of PPE and other essential medical equipment brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic led healthcare systems to look to 3D printing for solutions.
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Israel Spent a Fortune on Ventilators. Some Are Faulty, Most Were Never Delivered
The Israeli Defense Ministry bought ventilators and other medical equipment to help build up inventory to fight the coronavirus, but only 10% of the roughly 15,000 ordered ventilators arrived and many were found to be of poor quality.
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Reusable Medical Devices Could Help Solve Key COVID-19 Problem
A Penn State team of researchers has proposed a novel solution to the shortage of medical equipment: Reusing these devices via equipment designed for plasma-based sterilization in medical facilities.