U.S. hospitals are experiencing a shortage of IV fluids, triggered by a disruption at Baxter's North Carolina plant following Hurricane Helene. As hospitals have scrambled to conserve supplies, at ...

"Concentrating an essential medication like IV fluids in a single ... TriHealth has set up a command center that meets daily to monitor their IV bag levels but has not canceled or delayed any ...

A former WakeMed Hospital employee is charged with stealing fentanyl from the hospital. Kellianne Erin McGuire is charged ...

Severe damage from Hurricane Helene shut down a plant that has produced 60% of the IV bag solution used in hospitals across ...

When Hurricane Milton barreled through the Gulf of Mexico with a ferocity that brought one Florida-based meteorologist to tears, Beth Gore’s biggest worry wasn’t ...

Health authorities say they are continuing to manage the shortage and supply of IV fluids as a priority. Doctors are fighting ...

Hurricane Helene wrecked a Baxter International factory that produced 60 percent of the country’s IV fluids. Nearly 25,000 people who need IV nutrition are scrambling.

When Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina last month, killing over 100 people and unleashing $53 billion worth of damage in ...

Another is using smaller bags of IV fluid — 250 ml instead of a liter ... WVU Health System, which owns WVU Medicine Uniontown in Fayette County plus others across West Virginia, hasn't had ...

A WakeMed nurse, Kellianne McGuire, faces serious felony charges after allegedly stealing 2500 mL of fentanyl from an IV bag, leveraging her position within the hospital. A WakeMed nurse, Kellianne ...

November 10, 2024 • Hospitals have been forced to innovate with new ways of hydrating patients and giving them medications, after a key factory that produces IV fluid bags flooded during ...

Papadakos, MD, director of critical care medicine and professor of anesthesiology ... Maybe they can be treated in a different way, or maybe a smaller IV bag can be used to conserve fluids ...