Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous fluid supplies to cope with a shortage that may last months. Some hospital administrators say they are changing how they think about IV ...

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Normally, hospitals are, well, flush with IV fluids. But right now, that isn’t the case. In addition to the physical damage to many hospitals and clinics in the region, Hurricane Helene knocked out ...

North Carolina hospitals reeling from Hurricane Helene may soon get some relief from a critical IV fluid shortage. The Food and Drug Administration approved changing the expiration date on multiple ...

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 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 ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A national shortage of IV fluid, triggered by hurricane damage to a major supplier, has hit close to home in Jacksonville. Baptist Health, one of the city’s largest hospital ...

Results of a new meta-analysis in shows that intravenous fluid (IV) therapy using balanced solutions rather than commonly used saline can reduce the risk of in-hospital death of critically ill ...

Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous fluid bags to cope with a shortage that may last months. Some hospital administrators say they are changing how they think about IV ...