Hospitals' supply of two types of blood thinners wavered before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published Dec. 26 in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 

As health systems struggled with medical supply disruptions affected by inflation, geopolitical conflicts, demand spikes and COVID-19, here are eight noteworthy shortages from 2022:

Here are three moves Cardinal Health made in late 2022:

Here are eight drug and medical device recalls the FDA reported in December:

The reworked CPAP and BiPAP machines from Philips Respironics were found to be "unlikely to result in an appreciable harm to health in patients," Philips said Dec. 21. 

3M, a manufacturer of personal protective equipment and health supplies, said it would work to discontinue manufacturing with "forever chemicals" by 2025. 

Agiliti, a Minneapolis-based medical device management company, inked a $491 million contract with HHS to manage and maintain the nation's emergency supply of respiratory medical devices, the Star Tribune reported Dec. 19. 

After more than two years of disruptions and high demand, supply chain leaders are taking the lessons learned in the COVID-19 pandemic to strengthen their supply chain in hopes of preventing issues from resurfacing.

People are the focus of supply chain decisions for Jacquelyn Marcus, vice president for supply chain management at NYU Langone Health in New York City.

Emerge Manufacturing — a newly founded personal protective equipment manufacturer — is slated to open a 50,000-square-foot facility in Cincinnati in 2024. 

To ensure Houston-based MD Anderson, the nation's largest transfusing hospital, has enough blood, its donor operations team pivoted to solutions such as more double red cell donations and outreach. 

Here are 10 health systems and hospitals that posted job listings seeking supply chain expertise in the last week. 

Ardent Health, a healthcare company that invests in 30 hospitals throughout six states, signed another exclusive contract with group purchasing organization HealthTrust Dec. 15. 

Medical device company Coloplast agreed to settle a U.S. lawsuit for $14.5 million after it self-reported a failure to offer contractual discounts and documented incorrect countries of origin for some products. 

The Department of Veterans Affairs will divest from its $2.2 billion project that aimed to modernize the supply chain by replacing 12 legacy supply management systems. 

Burton Fuller, chief supply chain officer at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Health System, found himself unable to decide between a career in medicine or business. It was not until he started his first consulting job in hospital supply that he realized he could do both.

In the most serious type of recall, Remel removed 18,906 lab plates from the market because of a risk of potential false results.

Here are 10 health systems and hospitals that posted job listings seeking supply chain expertise in the last week. 

Boise, Idaho-based Saint Alphonsus Health System tapped Josh Lee on Nov. 30 to be its regional supply director. 

From tracheostomy tubes and syringes to amoxicillin and dozens of other drugs, medical supply chains are hindered by ongoing issues to access raw materials and enough staff, The State Journal reported Dec. 4.