Many U.S. hospitals are conserving critical intravenous fluids to cope with a supply shortage caused by Hurricane Helene. They're changing... Nationwide IV fluid shortage changing how hospitals manage ...
CARE PROVIDERS SAY IT’S A DIFFERENT SITUATION. IN A STATEMENT SENT TO NEWS NINE, A MEDIA REPRESENTATIVE FROM MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM SAYS IN PART THEY, QUOTE, MADE THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO DEFER SOME ...
Hurricane season continues to strain the national supply of intravenous fluids to hospitals and dialysis centers around the country. Flooding from Hurricane Helene in late September shut down one of ...
Usha Lee McFarling is a former STAT reporter. Hospitals across the country are struggling to conserve and stretch their supplies of IV fluids in the wake of a shortage brought on by Hurricane Helene, ...
MINNESOTA, USA — Some Minnesota healthcare providers began contacting patients on Monday, notifying them that their elective and non-emergency surgeries have been canceled or postponed. The reason?
When Hurricane Helene roared through North Carolina in September, the damage it caused went well beyond local homes and businesses. The North Cove–based manufacturing plant of Baxter International — ...
Carlee A. Clark, M.D., lead author of the MUSC study, and her team reduced IV fluid use by 60% before and after surgery immediately after the shortage began. Patients continued with their own oral ...
A nurse places a patient's chemotherapy medication on an intravenous stand at a hospital in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous ...
Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous fluid bags to cope with a shortage that may last months. Some hospital administrators say they are changing how they think about IV ...