(Los Angeles Reuters) Coronation epidemic epidemic occurred at the beginning of the year before the previous year the year before the previous year the year before the previous year the year before the previous year the year before the previous year the year before the previous year the year before the previous year the previous yearAt the time, countries have successively blocked the border and the Asian countries that produce 80%of the world's medical masks and protection equipment cannot be shipped, resulting in a serious shortage of such key supplies.Some medical groups in the United States began to spend domestic masks and protective clothing in China, or establish strategic partnership with American manufacturers, hoping to control the supply chain of key medical products.
OSF Healthcare, an American Medical Group OSF Healthcare, has produced 1 million medical masks for the employees and patients under the hospital.OSF will be delivered next month from a mask manufacturing machine ordered by India. Once the US Food and Drug Administration is approved, it will produce about 1 million N95 masks each year.OSF's two mask manufacturing projects allow it to reach 100%self -sufficient.
OSF Chief Supply Chain Officer Shah said that although the cost of making a mask is slightly higher than external procurement, it can control market risks and avoid extension of spot or delivery.
Participating companies say that such self -sufficient projects help support and stabilize the domestic manufacturing and downstream supply chains.The two are easily affected by the prosperity and the cycle of the depression cycle. At the same time, it also faces the replacement product that may have a very low cost of dumping in the United States, but sometimes poor quality.
The CEO of the Hospital's collective procurement organization, Alkir, revealed that in January 2020, the N95 mask from Taiwan to Premier was detained by mainland China as its own use, and he actively promoted American suppliersImprove production capacity.
In the past year and a half, PREMIER and competitors Vizient have supported American manufacturers through strategic cooperation, funding capacity expansion, a few equity investment, and founding joint ventures.Although Premier refused to disclose its investment amount, according to Vizient estimates, the total investment exceeded $ 12 million (about S $ 16.17 million).
Mask manufacturer Prestige American is one of the beneficiary suppliers.Premier and 15 hospital members purchased a minority equity of this Texas enterprise, and these hospitals also promised to purchase medical masks and N95 masks from Prestige, for six years.Vizient promised to purchase 9 million N95 masks from Prestige within 12 months.
Prestige CEO Sri Lanka said the company has obtained a stable benefit, and it also listed medical service providers as the target of priority supply.
The American Mask Manufacturers Association said that as domestic capacity increases, it is believed that as the current Omiqiro cases have increased, American hospitals will be able to obtain sufficient supply of medical supplies to effectively respond to the epidemic.
