Intravenous fluids come in many forms and can be lifesaving in the right circumstances. If you're dehydrated and need IV ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Hospitals and medical centers around the DMV region are on alert as critical medical supply stock, like IV fluids, are limited. The limitations come after the medical ...

November 22, 2024 Nationwide IV fluid shortage could change how hospitals manage patient hydration The conservation strategies in place have some health system administrators wondering whether ...

IV fluids are used in virtually all areas of modern medical care, from car crash scenes where street medics use them to compensate for heavy bleeding, to operating rooms where IV fluids deliver ...

Many U.S. hospitals are conserving critical intravenous fluids to cope with a supply shortage caused by Hurricane Helene. They're changing protocols for administering drugs and hydration through IVs.

Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous fluid supplies to cope with a shortage that may last months.Some hospital administrators say they are changing how they think about ...

Many U.S. hospitals are conserving critical intravenous fluids to cope with a supply shortage caused by Hurricane Helene. They're changing protocols for administering drugs and hydration through IVs.

ASPR is also working with B. Braun Medical, the country’s second-largest maker of IV fluids, to boost supply. B. Braun Medical temporarily closed two of its facilities in Daytona Beach, Florida ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — The plant responsible for supplying more than half of the intravenous (IV) fluids to hospitals across the United States has been shut down due to damage from Hurricane Helene.

IV fluids are used for a wide range of medical purposes. Some, like dehydration, can be helped with alternative methods. But others, like organ transplant surgeries, cannot.