When Hurricane Milton barreled through the Gulf of Mexico with a ferocity that brought one Florida-based meteorologist to tears, Beth Gore’s biggest worry wasn’t ...

The surgery was off because there wasn’t enough IV fluid to proceed. “I was having such a hard time processing what she was even saying to me, that I was just really quiet,” she says ...

During the hurricane, the facility, which is the largest manufacturer of intravenous solutions and ... “It’s also used for flushing out a contaminated wound or irrigating the urinary bladder ...

The Central Coast is starting to feel the effects of the IV fluid shortage after Hurricane Helene shut down the Baxter plant ...

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The City of Laredo recently released a water system flushing schedule for all the districts of Laredo to follow. The announcement was sent out on Friday, October 18 ...

This gives them the ability to use the fluid as needed to flush patients with medicine ... Another alternative is using IV medications with saline syringes. Although the recommendations ...

Oct 17 (Reuters) - Baxter International (BAX.N), opens new tab said on Thursday it will import 18,000 tons of intravenous products from its newly cleared international plants to the U.S. by the ...

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 ...

The major disruptions to the IV fluid supply after Hurricane Helene are the latest in a string of challenges that have exposed vulnerabilities to the broader US supply chain. There were a record ...

Officials with the Food and Drug Administration noted that a number of IV fluids, including saline solution, were already on the agency’s drug shortage list before Hurricane Helene. In such ...

With the largest U.S. producer of intravenous fluids still incapacitated by severe flooding damage in North Carolina, government agencies have invoked the Defense Production Act. The purpose ...