Vulnerability of the medical product supply chain: the wake-up call of COVID-19

BMJ Qual Saf. 2021 Apr;30(4):331-335. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2020-012133. Epub 2020 Nov 2.

Authors

Fiona A Miller¹, Steven B Young², Mark Dobrow³, Kaveh G Shojania⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada fiona.miller@utoronto.ca.
² School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
³ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 33139342
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2020-012133

No abstract available

Keywords: adverse events; crisis management; epidemiology and detection; health policy; patient safety.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / economics*
Commerce / economics
Equipment and Supplies / supply & distribution*
Internationality
Manufacturing Industry / economics
Transportation / economics