COVID-19 Information Center

Managing Critical Supply Shortages: Updated Reference List

As GHX continues to assist the healthcare community research alternative sources to help reduce shortages of critical medical supplies during COVID-19, we are expanding our critical supply list to include additional data, including potential supplier part numbers.

The reference files below represent SKU-level data for COVID-19 alternative supply categories, collected from GHX’s vast network of suppliers over the course of several years, and reviewed by GHX’s Content Operations team for completeness and standardization. While the majority of supplies within each file represent industry accepted substitutes, GHX has also included items which, based on a combination of UNSPSC and noun-type categorization, may serve a "comparable purpose" to help provider organizations identify potential alternatives to those supplies which are backordered across the U.S. Clinical experts at provider organizations and other users of this list are encouraged to consult this list to assist in identifying supplies and potential substitutes that may be effective in managing this fluid situation.

As a reminder, complimentary access to Lumere’s evidence-based research library of more than 34,000 drugs and devices is currently available through April 30, 2020, including a quick reference list of COVID-19-related supplies with potential shortages.

Reference list of vendors for critical supplies at risk of shortages, by product category