Massachusetts’ largest healthcare system halts some elective procedures due to IV fluid shortage from Helene
Mass General Brigham announced is postponing certain elective surgeries due to a shortage of intravenous fluids. The ...
FDA declares IV fluid shortage in the wake of Helene
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday declared shortages of three intravenous drugs produced at a North Carolina ...
U.S. Races to Replenish Storm-Battered Supplies of IV Fluids at Hospitals
The F.D.A. has authorized shipments from overseas plants to ease shortages of IV bags caused by Hurricane Helene as hospitals ...
Florida hospitals face IV fluids shortage after hurricanes disrupt supply chain
Florida hospitals and health providers are coping with a national shortage of IV fluids exacerbated by the two major ...
Patients scramble for treatments as hospitals conserve IV fluids after storms
Hospitals delayed or canceled treatments after IV fluid maker Baxter International closed its North Carolina facility because of damage from Hurricane Helene.
U.S. races to replenish storm-battered supplies of IV fluids
U.S. officials are racing to approve airlifts of IV fluids from overseas manufacturing plants to ease shortages caused by ...
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IV fluid shortages worsened by Hurricane Helene likely to linger despite larger allocations
In the letter, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, JD, noted current shortages of normal saline IV fluids, normal saline irrigation fluid, sterile water irrigation, and dextrose 5% IV fluids.
US scrambles to find hospital IV fluids after Helene damages NC plant
After Hurricane Helene knocked out a North Carolina production plant for a major supplier of IV fluids for U.S. hospitals, ...
Florida IV Fluid Plant Spared From Storm, Company Says
Milton threatened a Daytona Beach site that produces one-fourth of the nation’s IV medical solutions, which were already in ...
Federal government rushes to replenish hospital IV fluids after Hurricane Helene disrupts production
An IV fluid plant in North Carolina was hit by floodwaters and another now sits in the path of Hurricane Milton ...
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IV Fluid Plant in Florida Remains Functional After Milton
Facing a nationwide shortage of vital IV fluids after Hurricane Helene knocked out a North Carolina production plant, ...
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B. Braun's Florida facility largely unscathed as Hurricane Milton threatens to further upend supplies of critical IV fluids
As Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida Wednesday night, drugmakers, regulators, hospitals and health agencies alike ...