Hospitals face months of IV fluid shortages after Helene damages N.C. factory
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Hospitals face months of IV fluid shortages after Helene damages N.C. factory

NPR  

Hospitals face months of IV fluid shortages after Helene damages N.C. factory 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 Hurricane Helene. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: When Hurricane Helene made its way to western North Carolina, it flooded a North Carolina plant that makes more than 60% of the nation's IV fluid bags. Before Hurricane Helene, one company, Baxter, produced 1.5 million IV bags at its North Carolina facility, more than half of what U.S. hospitals use. FORTIER: The most fragile patients at most hospitals are still getting medications via IV, but some hospital administrators see an opportunity in the shortage.

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Shortage of IV fluids leads to canceled surgeries
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Shortage of IV fluids leads to canceled surgeries

NPR  

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Officials work to protect IV supplies in Florida after disruptions at North Carolina plant
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Officials work to protect IV supplies in Florida after disruptions at North Carolina plant

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Federal government rushes to replenish hospital IV fluids after Hurricane Helene disrupts production
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Federal government rushes to replenish hospital IV fluids after Hurricane Helene disrupts production

Salon  

U.S. officials are rushing to replenish dwindling supplies of IV fluids across the country, as a major supplier in western North Carolina remains knocked out of service by Hurricane Helene and the massive flooding it unleashed, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The Baxter plant in North Carolina, together with a B. Braun plant in Florida, produces about 85% of …

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