Alaska officials issue cautionary message about possible hurricane-caused IV fluid shortage
Officials at the Alaska Department of Health are alerting emergency medical services of a possible IV fluids shortage after Hurricane Helene damaged a factory that produces roughly 60% of the liquid used in IVs.
Hospitals Hit With IV Fluid Shortage After Hurricane Helene
Baxter, the U.S.’s largest maker of intravenous fluids, is slashing shipments to hospitals after the storm took down one of its manufacturing plants in North Carolina.
Mass General Brigham warns of IV fluids shortage due to Hurricane Helene
A Mass General Brigham incident Management Team is monitoring this very dynamic situation and will respond with appropriate measures as this unfolds.” Baxter International Inc., which manufactures 60 percent of the country’s IV solutions and produces 1.
Why a hurricane in N.C. is causing an IV fluid shortage in Mass. hospitals
There isn’t cause for panic yet, but concern is warranted. That’s the message so far from Massachusetts hospital systems confronted with potential intravenous fluid supply shortages brought on by Hurricane Helene impacts to western North Carolina.
Hurricane Helene is hitting America's IV fluid supply
Following the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which has hammered multiple states across the country – IV fluid manufacturing plants are closing, as the demand for the supply continues to grow.
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