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.

With one major medical supplier's production hubs closed, hospitals say they are rationing IV fluid bags and employing other conservation measures.

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.

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.

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.

Hospitals in the Twin Cities are bracing for a possible IV fluid shortage after Hurricane Helene forced a medical supply manufacturer to close its North Carolina plant.