Surgery schedules around the country may be washed out for several more weeks while a crucial IV and sterile fluids factory remains shut down for hurricane-related damage. People often plan ...

A shortage of IV fluid is forcing hospitals across the country to conserve and even postpone surgeries and procedures after an IV fluid production facility in North Carolina was hit by the devastating ...

The management of intravenous fluids in paediatrics remains a critical component of care in both routine and acute settings. Intravenous fluid therapy is not only essential for hydration and ...

Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DOMedically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO Healthcare providers administer intravenous (IV) fluids for dehydration to people with severe related symptoms.

Serious shortages of essential intravenous (IV) fluids in Australia and subsequent rationing in hospitals have caused significant concern among medical professionals and deepening pressures on the ...

It’s been about three months since Hurricane Helene pummeled the mountains of North Carolina, but its effects are still being felt well beyond the storm’s path. After the hurricane flooded a ...

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 ...

The American health system is already in a major financial crisis, as a result of supply chain issues and a staffing crisis exacerbated by the COVID pandemic. This led to many healthcare systems ...

The latest hurricane could hit a Daytona Beach facility that provides nearly a quarter of the nation’s intravenous fluid supply. The Biden administration is rushing to evacuate bags of intravenous ...

Hospitals in the Mass General Brigham system, including Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, are taking steps to conserve IV fluids amid a nationwide shortage. New Hampshire hospitals are taking ...

Florida hospitals and health providers are coping with a national shortage of IV fluids exacerbated by the two major hurricanes that have hit the Southeast in the past month. Hurricane Helene damaged ...

As a key IV fluid manufacturer in the North Carolina mountains works to rebuild after Hurricane Helene, medical facilities around the country are bracing for shortages. A McDowell County plant, ...