Resources for healthcare professionals

Philips is working around the clock to ramp up production of hospital ventilators and other critical care products to help diagnose and treat patients with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). As initially communicated in March, we are doubling our production of hospital ventilators in May and will achieve a four-fold increase by the third quarter of 2020.

Our efforts to increase production have included:

• Hiring additional manufacturing employees and shifting current employees to support increased demand immediately;
• Adding manufacturing lines and increasing the number of shifts to 24/7 shifts;
• Working closely with Philips’ suppliers to secure materials supply to feed the increased production at our manufacturing sites;
• Leveraging Philips’ innovation capabilities to re-purpose adjacent product ranges to address the increased demand;
• Engaging with third party contract manufacturers Jabil and Flex

Our most needed products right now include our patient vital-signs monitors and portable ventilators and medical consumables for non-invasive and invasive ventilation to treat a broad range of respiratory conditions.

Philips products and solutions to manage COVID-19 include:

• Critical care point-solutions to treat respiratory disease. These include patient monitoring solutions to monitor a patient’s vital signs and detect subtle changes, and ventilators and medical consumables for invasive, non-invasive and mixed-mode ventilation to treat a broad range of respiratory conditions.
• Diagnostic imaging systems and services, including CT, mobile diagnostic X-ray, and ultrasound to help diagnose respiratory conditions.
• Hospital telehealth solutions to centrally monitor and manage patients in the intensive care unit (Philips eICU program), and telehealth solutions to connect caregivers and patients at home.