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11 March 2022
Necessity the mother of invention – five initiatives that help hospitals respond to COVID-19
It’s been over two years since a man in his fifties became the first person in Australia to be admitted to a hospital with COVID-19 on 25 January 2020.
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11 March 2022
Disinfectant shortage leads to first-time collaboration
Collaboration between HSV, a local supplier and an Australian biotechnology organisation to accelerate approvals for a locally-sourced alternative has meant health services have been able to avoid a shortage of essential disinfectant for cardiac surgery equipment.
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23 December 2021
Five minutes with HSV Executive Director Supply Chain Mili Cohen
Mili Cohen joined HSV in November 2021 as our first-ever Executive Director Supply Chain. Mili brings extensive logistics experience across the retail, dairy, grocery and healthcare sectors including senior roles at Linfox, Super Retail Group, Bulla Diary Foods and Lion Dairy and Drinks.
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23 December 2021
Up-classification of surgical mesh devices
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has recently up-classified implantable surgical mesh devices from Class IIb (medium-risk devices) to Class III (high-risk devices).
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