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Mass General Brigham, which operates a network of hospitals in New England, said last week that it received only 40% of its usual supply of IV fluid from Baxter. The Florida Hospital Association ...
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.
Baxter International’s IV fluid manufacturing facility in Marion, N.C., supplied roughly 60 percent of the IV solution used by hospitals in the U.S. every day until Helene temporarily halted ...
Hospital trade groups also want the Food and Drug Administration to declare a shortage of IV solutions and allow hospitals and health systems to prepare sterile IV solutions in their own pharmacies.
ICU Medical, another IV fluid supplier, said it's monitoring for potential increases in demand. The company has "already taken necessary steps to increase production to help meet market needs ...
Non-medicated intravenous fluids (e.g. 0.9% normal saline) Sublingual nitroglycerin (service-supplied without needing medical direction) Epinephrine 1:1,000 for anaphylaxis and epinephrine 1:10,000 for cardiac arrest; Dextrose 50%, dextrose 25%, and glucagon for hypoglycemia; Naloxone for opioid overdoses; Nitrous oxide for pain management
Anesthesiologist assistants administer all forms of anesthetic medications, IV fluids and blood products. [3] Anesthesiologist assistants generally work in the hospital setting but can work at any location (with the presence/direction of a physician anesthesiologist) such as pain clinics, dental offices, and outpatient surgical centers.
A peripheral intravenous catheter in place, fixed to a patient's arm with adhesives and attached to a drip. In medicine , a peripheral venous catheter , peripheral venous line , peripheral venous access catheter , or peripheral intravenous catheter , [ 1 ] is a catheter (small, flexible tube) placed into a peripheral vein for venous access to ...