Tarver Says Device Shortages For Pediatric Patients A ‘Growing Threat’

The director of the US FDA’s device center is sounding the alarm on the scarcity of critical devices for pediatric patients and says the agency is focused on solutions to this “unique” challenge.

One of the elephants in the room that US officials have grappled with since the global pandemic is the nation’s shortage of critical medical devices and supplies.

Images from the early days of the pandemic of front-line medical staff scrambling for masks and gowns as they tried to treat the sickest patients, all without enough ventilators to go around, remain fresh in the

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