Why Medical Device Supply Chain Failed During Covid-19
Based on this CNBC Report, More than three months into the coronavirus pandemic, health-care workers on the front-lines of the battle against Covid-19 said they faced acute shortages of personal protective equipment. The personal protective shortage was one of the early flashpoint of the coronavirus pandemic. Masks, ventilators, face-shields. It seemed nearly every kind of personal protective equipment was hard to find when Covid-19 first ripped through epicenters like New York City. Here’s how the medical device supply chain works—and how it failed when it was needed most.
