Hospitals are adjusting how they use IV fluids after a plant that produces 60% of IV fluids used in the U.S. was damaged in Hurricane Helene. The Baxter International facility in Marion, N.C. — a ...
The Biden administration invoked a wartime law to increase production of IV fluids and products are being flown in from around the world, as hospitals are struggling to treat patients in need ...
In late September, Hurricane Helene damaged a major supplier of intravenous (IV) fluids. In this report, we follow up on what has happened since. Hurricane Helene brought unprecedented and ...
The western North Carolina plant that makes 60 percent of the country’s intravenous fluid supply has restarted its highest-producing manufacturing line after being ravaged by flooding brought by ...
Hospitals in Charlotte, like their counterparts across the Carolinas and the nation, continue to deal with IV fluid shortages after Hurricane Helene flooding caused major problems for a manufacturing ...
Oct 24 (Reuters) - Medical device maker Baxter (BAX.N), opens new tab said on Thursday it expects to restart the highest-throughput intravenous solutions manufacturing line at a hurricane-hit plant in ...
THEM TO USE WHAT THEY HAVE STOCKED UP CAUTIOUSLY AS THE SHORTAGE CONTINUES CALIFORNIA HOSPITALS ARE FEELING THE IMPACT OF THE NATIONWIDE I-V FLUID SHORTAGE... AFTER HURRICANE HELEN SHUT DOWN THE ...
Federal regulators have approved a change to the expiration dates for multiple types of intravenous (IV) and sterile fluids made at a key manufacturing plant recovering from the impact of Hurricane ...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The nationwide shortage of IV fluids has led to significant changes in how hospitals treat patients. Both, UR Medicine and Rochester Regional have successfully cut their IV fluid ...