Medical Supplies Sales Increase Dramatically
With the recent widespread outbreaks of the Swine Flu virus, medical supplies manufacturers are working overtime to keep up with the demand. Companies such as 3M, Kimberly-Clark and Roche Holdings have added additional shifts and working around the clock to ensure the can meet the skyrocketing need across the globe.
Medical Supplies Companies Prepare
Many companies stand to benefit from the dramatic rise in sales of items that help prevent and treat global outbreak of Swine Flu cases that has doubled in the U.S. Presently, these cases have doubled to forty in the U.S. and the cases in Mexico have reached 149 deaths.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised its pandemic alert level as a result of this rapid spread of the flu.
Swine flu is a respiratory disease that infects pigs. It is caused by type-A influenza and typically leads to outbreaks among these types of animals as described by the CDC. Based on WHO estimations, three main human flu strains circulate and cause 250,000-500,000 deaths a year. The WHO describes these outbreaks as seasonal epidemics that appear more frequently beginning in the fall and ending in the spring.
Warehouse Levels of Medical Supplies Increase
Concord Supplies is doing its part by increasing our inventory of critical medical supplies, exam table paper, respirators, and first-aid kits. We carry a wide selection of discount medical supplies to meet every medical office need. Check out our 1,000’s of products and huge catalog.
Think you might have flu-like symptoms? Contact your doctor immediately and a quick test can determine if/how your symptoms should be treated.
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