If you have ever had general surgery, chances are you would have been administered intravenous (IV) fluids. A global shortage of multiple IV fluid products has prompted Australian health authorities ...

A week after Hurricane Helene knocked out a factory that produces more than half of the country’s intravenous solutions, the president of a group that represents about 5,000 hospitals is suggesting ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota hospitals are scrambling for solutions after the manufacturer of the majority of their IV fluids supply shuttered due to flooding in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Baxter ...

Normally, hospitals are, well, flush with IV fluids. But right now, that isn’t the case. In addition to the physical damage to many hospitals and clinics in the region, Hurricane Helene knocked out ...

FLORIDA – Florida medical providers are navigating a national shortage of IV fluids and dialysis solution after a major manufacturer suffered damage during Hurricane Helene. RELATED: ‘Time is running ...

Hurricane Helene’s flood-related damage to a key medical supply production facility last week in Marion, North Carolina, has serious potential to affect patient care nationally because it manufactures ...

Hospitals in the region are keeping a careful eye on their IV fluid supplies, and are using less of the precious liquid as a way to cope with supply shortages in the wake of Hurricane Helene. The ...

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 ...

Hospitals in Atlanta and throughout Georgia are feeling the pinch from storm damage and to a factory in North Carolina that produces much of the nation’s supply of intravenous (IV) fluids. And that’s ...

Intravenous fluids given to a trauma victim at an accident site may not be the best treatment and in many cases may actually be counterproductive, increasing the risk that a patient will die, ...