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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 ...
After Hurricane Helene damaged one of the largest IV fluid manufacturing plants in the U.S., hospitals around the country are struggling to treat patients.. Helene devastated parts of Florida ...
Hospitals across the U.S. are taking steps to conserve their supplies of IV fluids after Hurricane Helene struck a critical manufacturing plant belonging to the country’s biggest supplier.
The site typically provides about 60% of IV fluids to hospitals across the US, ... IV fluid administration rates fell from an average of 5.5% to 2%. These trends were consistent across age groups ...
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 ...
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.
A hydroxyethyl starch solution ready for intravenous infusion. An intravenous solution of hydroxyethyl starch is used to prevent shock following severe blood loss caused by trauma, surgery, or other problem. It however appears to have greater risk of a poor outcome compared to other intravenous solutions [2] and may increase the risk of death. [6]
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 ...