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3 September 2021

HSV reconfirms centralised PPE ordering and distribution arrangements

HealthShare Victoria (HSV) has reconfirmed arrangements for centralised Tier 1 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) ordering and distribution, which the Victorian Government has implemented to protect the health of public patients and critical healthcare workers.

3 September 2021

HSV PPE stocks have no impact on supplier shortages

HealthShare Victoria’s (HSV) work to stock the Derrimut Distribution Centre (DC) early in 2021 has had no impact on the ability of health sector suppliers to deliver necessary goods to health services. “Recent reports of supplier failure at public health services have been incorrectly attributed to HSV,” says HSV Chief...

3 September 2021

HSV’s discovery workshops support project reset

A focus on better understanding the specific needs of individual health services is at the heart of a series of HealthShare Victoria (HSV) workshops held from late July to early August to support the implementation of expanded supply chain operations.

3 September 2021

Online library a valuable source of PPE information

At the height of Victoria’s second wave of COVID-19 infections in 2020, Victoria’s public hospitals and hotels used an average of 900,000 masks per week sourced by HealthShare Victoria (HSV) and centrally distributed to public health services through the State Supply Chain (SSC).