COVID-19: Supplies and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Supply chain teams across the U.S. continue to face supply shortages. One of the lessons learned during COVID-19 was the need to diversify and shorten the end-to-end supply chain.
Though the health care industry is continuing to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, many industry leaders are also looking to build a more resilient supply chain by asking, “What could we have done differently?”, and “How should we prepare for future pandemics and other crises?”
As health care emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain resiliency is a priority. One primary consideration has been how to develop inventory reserves to mitigate the risk of severe product shortages.
COVID-19 has exposed the fragile nature of the health care supply chain, but it’s not the first public health crisis to do so. Michael Schiller, AHRMM's Senior Director of Supply Chain, and Richard Bagley, Senior Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Penn State Health, led the discussion on…
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Homeland Securities Investigations (HSI)  and 3M have identified counterfeit products bearing the following Lot Codes. The Lot Code may be found on individual masks and the boxes in which they were shipped.
AHRMM is raising awareness about the risk of counterfeit N95 respirators. Please review the following resources on how to identify valid vs. counterfeit, and the differences between respirators and masks.