ABILENE, Texas — Hospitals have been forced to ration IV fluids and find new ways of hydrating patients after a factory that produces IV fluids flooded during Hurricane Helene. Clay Lohse, the owner ...

University of Alberta researchers are providing answers on how to use intravenous fluids to treat sepsis, a deadly condition that affects nearly a third of all patients in intensive care units.

If you have ever had general surgery, chances are you would have been administered intravenous (IV) fluids. A global shortage of multiple IV fluid products has prompted Australian health authorities ...

REPLACEMENT IN ORDER TO GET A POLICY. THREE WEEKS AFTER SWEEPING ACROSS THE SOUTH, THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE HELENE ARE STILL BEING FELT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE STORM SHUT DOWN A FACILITY IN NORTH ...

Disruptions from Hurricane Helene exacerbated shortages of critical intravenous fluids in the United States, and now the Biden administration has invoked the wartime powers of the Defense Production ...

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 ...

MADISON (WKOW) — Hospitals in Wisconsin are changing the way they administer IV fluids after Hurricane Helene destroyed one of the major suppliers of the product. Baxter and B Braun are the two ...

Hospitals are facing a shortage of life-saving IV fluids due to damage caused by Hurricane Helene - and some have resorted to giving patients Gatorade as a makeshift treatment. Baxter International, ...

Lactated ringers and normal saline are both types of intravenous (IV) fluids. IV fluids are given whenever there is a concern about maintaining fluid balance. Each type of IV fluid has different ...

The current shortage of sterile intravenous (IV) fluids is a serious ongoing concern for doctors across Australia. During surgery, these sterile fluids are essential to administer drugs and hydrate ...