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 ...
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 ...
As the storm swept through western North Carolina last month, it severely affected operations at Baxter International’s North Cove production site, the largest manufacturer of IV fluids and ...
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 ...
The purpose: to relieve worsening shortages of IV fluid as hospitals and clinics across the nation report dwindling stocks with increasing alarm. After making landfall in Florida in late September ...
Damage to the plant in North Carolina has worsened a nationwide shortage of IV fluids, and hospitals say they are still postponing some surgeries and other procedures as a result. Some 60% of the ...
Hurricane Helene flooding shut down a medical supply manufacturer, causing a nationwide shortage of IV fluids, but Cincinnati hospitals say that they haven't canceled or delayed care as a result.
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 ...