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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.
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.
Baxter’s North Cove, North Carolina, location makes about 60% of the intravenous solutions used in the U.S. every day, according to the American Hospital Association. It also makes fluids used by patients on home dialysis and sterile water used to clean patient surgery sites during operations.
Similarly, for those admitted with nausea or vomiting, IV fluid administration rates fell from an average of 5.5% to 2%. These trends were consistent across age groups. IV fluids are used for a ...
Intravenous therapy (abbreviated as IV therapy) is a medical technique that administers fluids, medications and nutrients directly into a person's vein.The intravenous route of administration is commonly used for rehydration or to provide nutrients for those who cannot, or will not—due to reduced mental states or otherwise—consume food or water by mouth.
Most of Nashville's hospitals have a healthy supply of fluids, but they are continuing to assess sometimes daily and search for back-up elsewhere. How Nashville hospitals are handling IV, dialysis ...
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 ...