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Hospitals Reeling From IV Fluid Shortages in the Aftermath of Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene damaged one of the major NC-based manufacturing facilities of IV fluids. What’s being done to help hospitals ...
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Hurricane Helene Damage Strains Dialysis Care Nationwide
Hurricane Helene devastated a North Carolina facility that produces peritoneal dialysis fluid, which is used by about 80,000 ...
IV fluid shortage due to hurricane prompts hospitals to postpone surgeries
Flooding of the Baxter manufacturing plant in North Carolina during Hurricane Helene prompted the FDA to declared a shortage ...
Baxter imports IV fluids as Hurricane Helene triggers U.S. shortage
Baxter International began shipments of intravenous products to the United States from two international facilities last week ...
Hospitals nationwide struggle with IV fluid shortages after Hurricane Helene disrupts supply chain
The aftermath of recent hurricanes, particularly Hurricane Helene, has extended far beyond the Southeast, with hospitals ...
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There’s an IV fluid shortage due to Hurricane Helene. Here’s how it’s impacting Portland hospitals
Officials at Portland area hospitals say they're seeing impacts from Hurricane Helene after one pharmacological supplier's ...
‘Life-saving’: Doctors search for options amid IV fluid shortage after Hurricane Helene
Hospitals are rationing the IV fluid bags and in some cases, doctors are giving people Gatorade or water instead of IVs.
US approves temporary imports of IV fluids as hospitals grapple with storm-related shortages
Federal health officials have approved the import of certain IV fluids from overseas as hospitals across the country scramble ...
How Hurricane Helene is affecting supply of IV fluids at Topeka hospitals
Baxter International's North Cove manufacturing facility was affected by Hurricane Helene. Here's how that impacts Topeka ...
IV shortage ‘creates havoc’ for hospitals, exposing supply chain ‘whack-a-mole’
A shortage of IV fluid in the wake of Hurricane Helene is shining a spotlight on the fragility and vulnerability of the ...
Colorado hospitals take steps to conserve IV fluids during hurricane-induced shortage
Colorado hospital systems said they haven’t had to cancel procedures, but they are taking steps to conserve fluids.
Houston hospitals conserving IV fluid because of nationwide shortage caused by Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Milton spared a key supplier of IV fluids in Florida. That’s especially good news, because Hurricane Helene did not ...