Pandemic

Valley hospitals not seeing massive supply shortages — yet

Hospital supply chain teams learned from 2020

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, hospitals across the U.S. and in Arizona reported a shortage of protective equipment, such as masks, gloves and basic necessities such as bleach and sanitizer that hospitals need even when they aren’t embroiled in a global health crisis.

Now, in 2021, various industries are seeing product shortages from housing developers and those in the construction reporting shortages in much-needed materials like lumber and steel to car dealers getting products on their lots.

The health care industry isn’t immune to supply chain issues either, though local officials say its better than it was during previous coronavirus surges.

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