When Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina last month, killing over 100 people and unleashing $53 billion worth of damage in ...
Hospitals in Montana are grappling with a nationwide shortage of IV fluids. Hospitals are conserving supplies so they can ...
Severe damage from Hurricane Helene shut down a plant that has produced 60% of the IV bag solution used in hospitals across ...
Baxter International Inc. supplies about 60% of IV fluid in the country. Hurricane Helene flooded its facility causing a ...
In an informational briefing earlier this week, the US Department of Health and Human Services discussed best practices with ...
Patients visiting emergency departments for dehydration or nausea are half as likely to receive IV fluids now than they were ...
“Our efforts include prioritizing oral hydration when clinically appropriate, using smaller volumes when possible and increasing oversight by medical providers to ensure IV fluids are used only ...
"We do not yet have a timeline for when we expect North Cove production to be fully restored to pre-hurricane levels," the ...
UVA Health Culpeper Medical Center CEO said in recent phone call local hospital experiencing unique challenges due to supply chain shortage of crucial fluids.
Years before Hurricane Helene shut down a critical intravenous fluid facility in North Carolina, sparking concerns in hospitals across the country, many common IV fluids were already in short ...
The first IV product shipments cleared by the FDA for temporary importation are set to arrive in the U.S. this weekend, Baxter said on its hurricane update page Thursday. By the end of the year ...
This Aug. 8, 2020, photo shows a sealed bag that contains a saline IV solution at a hospital in ... These management efforts include using oral hydration with fluids such as Gatorade and Pedialyte ...