National IV shortage prompts DMV hospitals to conserve fluid amid supply disruptions
“When you give an antibiotic through an IV, to administer it, there’s something called a piggyback, where it piggybacks on ...
The Hill28d
IV shortage ‘creates havoc’ for hospitals, exposing supply chain ‘whack-a-mole’
A shortage of IV fluid in the wake of Hurricane Helene is shining a spotlight on the fragility and vulnerability of the country’s medical supply chain. Hospitals were left scrambling after the ...
Inc29d
Here’s How the U.S. Is Handling the IV Fluid Shortage Caused by Helene
With the largest U.S. producer of intravenous fluids still incapacitated by severe flooding damage in North Carolina, government agencies have invoked the Defense Production Act. The purpose ...
AZ Central1mon
Why an IV fluid shortage is forcing Arizona hospitals to postpone surgeries
Arizona's largest health system on Monday confirmed it was postponing some surgeries because of a national IV fluid shortage caused by Hurricane Helene. The delays, which took effect Monday ...
CNN28d
IV fluid supply disruptions prompt Biden administration to invoke wartime powers to bolster recovery
The major disruptions to the IV fluid supply after Hurricane Helene are the latest in a string of challenges that have exposed vulnerabilities to the broader US supply chain. There were a record ...
NPR14d
Shortage of IV fluids leads to canceled surgeries
The surgery was off because there wasn’t enough IV fluid to proceed. “I was having such a hard time processing what she was even saying to me, that I was just really quiet,” she says ...
Boston.com1mon
IV fluid shortage is beginning to impact local hospitals
The national IV fluid shortage has hit at least one hospital in Boston, which is deferring some non-urgent elective procedures. Mass General Brigham says it is delaying some non-urgent elective ...
New York Post13d
IV fluid factory damaged by Hurricane Helene partly recovered as hospital shortages persist
Baxter, a medical equipment supplier that produces 60% of the intravenous solutions at US hospitals, said Thursday it has slowly begun to recover from a hurricane-induced shutdown last month that ...
AZFamily29d
Banner Health pauses elective surgeries due to nationwide IV fluid shortage
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Banner Health, Arizona’s largest health care system, is halting some elective surgeries due to a nationwide IV fluid shortage. Baxter International, the leading supplier ...
Ars Technica1mon
Over 86% of surveyed health care providers are short on IV fluids
More than 86 percent of healthcare providers surveyed across the US are experiencing shortages of intravenous fluids after Hurricane Helene's rampage took out a manufacturing plant in western ...
Fierce Healthcare12d
Baxter International restarts IV fluid solutions manufacturing at largest plant
Baxter International restarted its highest-throughput intravenous solutions manufacturing line at its hurricane-hit North Cove facility in North Carolina, the company announced Thursday.