FAST STATS


SUPPLY CHAINS AND THEIR PANDEMIC READINESS PLAN


Resilinc conducted a Pandemic Readiness Assessment of global manufacturers. The results underscore the importance of


preparing your Supply Chain for pandemics.


of suppliers admit to not having a pandemic readiness program


of supply chains have never tested their pandemic plan in the last three years


of manufacturers reported part shortages in February and March


of manufacturers reported transportation disruptions


reported not being able to deliver products to customers in February and March


of companies were not monitoring the


27% 42% 75% 70% 45% 6%


COVID-19 situation as of February 15, 2020; 97% of the companies were monitoring COVID-19 as of March 25.


of supplier regions reported employees with COVID-19 at their sites


48% 35%


of suppliers had employees out as much as two weeks; 16% of suppliers expect employees to be out two weeks and beyond


weeks was the average disruption impact reported on manufacturing operations, with some manufacturers reporting expected disruptions for a staggering 16 weeks


3.25


Source: Resilinc maps the supply chain multiple tiers deep, all the way down to part, supplier and site levels, and exposes hidden failure points deep in sub-tier suppliers. www.resilinc.com


NEWSWIRE of COVID-19


HPN salutes healthcare personnel on the front lines


As the world continues to deal with the COVID-19 global pandemic, we’re re- minded every day of the heroic measures healthcare professionals are providing. Our entire staff at HPN says Thank You to the nurses, doctors, infection preventionists, sterile processing specialists, surgical and ICU services, EMTs, environmental services and the supply chain and C-suite support- ers in healthcare facilities, who all continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. As we head into our fi fth month of CO-


VID-19 coverage and the ongoing global pandemic, we wonder who could have foreseen that when HPN ran our fi rst story in early January that we’d still be in the midst of extensive coverage almost fi ve months later. Our fi rst reports were of a mysterious pneumonia sickening dozens of people in Wuhan, China, but that report said there was no evidence of the virus spreading from person to person. Just a week later the fi rst death in Wuhan was reported. hen on anuary , the fi rst case was found in the United States in Washington. Next in early Febuary, to everyone’s surprise we discovered how rapidly it spread from person to person. Since then, this virus has continued to deliver surprises, including patients sharing virus with no symptoms and many standard medical treatment practices being challenged.


We’ve been reminded by many sources that this is not going to be a short battle. We’re also reminded to pay attention to the hurdles that we’ve overcome and hopefully lessons learned to prevent the struggles we’ve dealt with from happening again. And we’ll continue to say thank you for


the sacrifi ces youll continue to endure and that all of us are enduring in this world family.


Our ongoing coverage will continue to be posted on our website https://www. hpnonline.com/infection-prevention/ar- ticle/21126453/hpns-coverage-of-covid19


FEMA launchs Pandemic Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force Closing the gap between what the private sector is able to provide to healthcare end-users and what is needed for the fi ght against COVID-19 is a key priority for the White House Coronavirus Task Force. In support of the task force, FEMA and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services created a Supply Chain Stabili- zation Task Force, one of eight COVID- 19-focused task forces under the National Response Coordination Center (NRCC).


6 May 2020 • HEALTHCARE PURCHASING NEWS • hpnonline.com


This task force is taking a whole-of-America approach to address limited supply of criti- cal protective and life-saving equipment. The task force’s primary effort is the sourcing of personal protective equip- ment (PPE), ventilators and other critical resources requested by states, tribes and territories.


By using the structure of FEMA’s NRCC,


the tas force is fi nding and executing solu- tions to meet urgent demand and enable the U.S. Government to surge support to COVID-19 “hot spots” as they arise. The Supply Chain Stabilization Task


Force is executing a four-pronged approach to rapidly increase supply and expand domestic production of critical resources to increase supply long-term. Preservation Preservation to extend the life of PPE and other supplies is necessary. Developing guidance to prioritize the allocation and the most appropriate use of supplies for specifi c needs are critical components of this strategy. • The task force is in the process of devel- oping and verifying techniques to clean and recycle products.


• This line of effort also includes develop- ing guidance to prioritize the allocation and the most appropriate use of supplies for specifi c needs, critical components of this strategy.


The task force is also working to expand equipment resources through the Preser- vation line of effort. The FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for ventilators on March 24, which allows anesthesia gas machines and positive pres- sure breathing devices to be modifi ed for use as ventilators. The new guidance will also assist healthcare personnel on how to use other ventilators, like CPAP devices for sleep apnea, with COVID-19 patients in respiratory distress, as well as on shelf life of existing ventilators. Acceleration


Acceleration of the commercial market is required to help meet the urgent demand. Manufacturers are ramping up production and shipment of critical resources and have extended operating hours to increase pro- duction well above pre-COVID-19 levels. To expedite purchasing, FEMA issued a request for quotation for vendors who have needed medical equipment and supplies to sell to the agency.


FEMA is also expediting movement of critical supplies from the global market to medical distributors in various locations across the U.S.


As an example of this effort, Project Air- bridge was created to shorten the amount of time it takes for U.S. medical supply


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