The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned hospitals and health care workers of a national shortage of intravenous (IV) saline solution, and urged doctors to conserve existing supplies. The ...

Baxter International Inc. said on Friday that the Justice Department's Antitrust Division was pursuing a criminal investigation into sales practices of intravenous saline, including those sold by ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado hospitals are working overtime to find stock and are changing their daily practices to protect patients in the wake of an urgent national shortage ...

The ongoing shortage of IV saline solutions, exacerbated by a relentless flu season and manufacturing disruptions of IV mini-bags following Hurricane Maria, is causing care costs to rise in Wisconsin, ...

UNIVERSITY CITY (WPVI) -- More than 2 months have passed since a pair of hurricanes devastated Puerto Rico, and the impact goes on. Puerto Rico has more than 100 drug and medical device manufacturers, ...

Hospitals across the United States are bracing for a potentially big problem: Stock piles of saline, a critical medical supply, are running low. Saline solution is used in dialysis and surgery, to ...

Bags of IV saline may appear ubiquitous as props on TV medical dramas, but they’re currently in short supply on the nation’s hospital pharmacy shelves. In fact, more than 75 percent of U.S. hospitals ...

FDA: Simulated IV Saline Products Distributed to Healthcare Facilities The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are continuing to investigate ...

Share on Facebook. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window SAN ANTONIO -- Hospitalized patients given IV balanced fluids ...

The federal government has subpoenaed a Baxter International employee as part of a criminal investigation related to a nationwide shortage of intravenous saline solution, the Deerfield-based company ...

For at least the past six months, hospitals and pharmacists across the country have had to acclimate to having less saline IV solution on hand than ever before. And, while manufacturers say the stock ...