Medline, an award-winning medical supply manufacturer, recently expanded its portfolio of more than 335,000 products and invested millions of dollars in facility upgrades.
Here are seven updates:
Products
- Medline initiated recalls of plastic syringes because of leaks and 1.5 million bed rails after reports of two deaths.
- The company began offering the Hudson RCI TurboMist small volume nebulizer, the fastest small volume nebulizer on the market, on May 23.
- Medline plans to scoop Ecolab in 2024, which will include an acquisition of the company's sterile drape solutions and fluid temperature management system.
- On April 17, the company became a direct distributor for Epredia, a medical devicemaker that makes products for cancer and tissue diagnostics.
- Medline- and Centurion-branded convenience kits containing Nurse Assist 0.9% Sodium Chloride Irrigation USP and Sterile Water for Irrigation USP were recalled Nov. 15, Medline said April 5.
Facility investments
- For $2.37 million, Medline will install more than 2,400 solar panels at its distribution center in Perryville, Md.
- The company's 800,000-square-foot distribution center in Wilmer, Texas, recently installed AutoStore robotic order fulfillment technology.