Here are five supply chain updates for ASCs from the past week:
1. The FDA said healthcare providers should stop using masks that haven’t been approved by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, such as KN95s, which has been allowed during the COVID-19 pandemic since mask supplies have been in shortage.
2. McKesson stated plans to open a 174,000-square-foot distribution facility in Holt, Mich., in the fall.
3. Here are three challenges to rebuilding the U.S. medical supply chain.
4. A carcinogen was found in 78 batches of sunscreen products tested by online pharmacy Valisure, with some batches containing more than three times the FDA limit.
5. Here are eight new developments about the COVID-19 vaccine.
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