WARRENSBURG, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The IV fluid supply shortage has impacted nearly half of New York hospitals, and it’s had serious implications on the most medically complex patients who receive care at ...
In September 2024, Hurricane Helene damaged a Baxter International plant in Marion, N.C., that produces 60% of the U.S.’s IV fluid products, disrupting ASCs and other healthcare facilities across the ...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The nationwide shortage of IV fluids has led to significant changes in how hospitals treat patients. Both, UR Medicine and Rochester Regional have successfully cut their IV fluid ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Hospitals throughout the country are adapting to an abrupt decrease in IV fluid supply after Hurricane Helene caused the nation’s largest manufacturer to shut down its facility in ...
Baxter's North Cove facility in North Carolina, crucial for sterile fluid production, remains below full capacity due to Hurricane Helene damage. Georgia hospitals are rationing IV fluids and sourcing ...
North Carolina hospitals reeling from Hurricane Helene may soon get some relief from a critical IV fluid shortage. The Food and Drug Administration approved changing the expiration date on multiple ...
Ralph Owen was just four days away from receiving surgery in Colorado. "I got the phone call. It was kind of a shock, and they just said, 'We're canceling the surgery,'" said Owen. "I set it up six to ...
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 ...
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 ...
Local hospitals are conserving IV fluids after Hurricane Helene last week destroyed a North Carolina manufacturing plant that’s responsible for nearly two-thirds of the domestic supply and Hurricane ...
Hospitals in Charlotte, like their counterparts across the Carolinas and the nation, continue to deal with IV fluid shortages after Hurricane Helene flooding caused major problems for a manufacturing ...