Mohawk Medbuy Introduces PPEplus to give Members Streamlined Pandemic Support
The persistence of the global pandemic has made personal protective equipment (PPE) an ongoing challenge for hospitals and other health care providers in Canada. Mohawk Medbuy (MMC) has been at the forefront in securing additional and alternative supplies of PPE for Ontario Health and for our Member hospitals and health care organizations in Ontario, New Brunswick and PEI.
Through this work, we’ve developed an extensive list of qualified PPE vendors with proven ability to deliver quality products at competitive pricing during the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve leveraged our relationships with these suppliers to source essential PPE products on behalf of our Members.
Pandemic PPE Sourced for Our Members in 2020
MMC is proud to introduce our new PPE program – PPEplus. Our comprehensive pandemic support will continue under this new program, offering assistance to Members with their specific PPE needs. PPEplus features a dedicated team and a streamlined process to help ensure frontline workers have the PPE they need to safely provide patient care during the pandemic.
If an organization has a PPE-related need, they simply complete and submit a brief PPEplus Submission Form alerting us of their requirements. A member of our dedicated PPEplus team then follows up to review potential options to address the need. In some cases, we may advise our entire Membership of the opportunity and orchestrate a more extensive Bulk Buy.
Bulk Buys are large scale initiatives which benefit multiple hospitals and health care organizations at once. In the first eight months since the emergence of COVID-19, more than 30 PPE Bulk Buys have been completed by Mohawk Medbuy – or are underway, representing almost $55 million in spend.
MMC Members wishing to learn about PPEplus can find more information by going to the PPEplus section of the MMC portal.
PPE Vendors: If you are interested in the program and potentially becoming an eligible supplier, learn more about PPEplus.