A shortage of IV fluid in the wake of Hurricane Helene is shining a spotlight on the fragility and vulnerability of the country’s medical supply chain. Hospitals were left scrambling after the storm ...
Hospitals in Bartholomew County and the surrounding area are contending with fallout from storm damage to a North Carolina factory earlier this month that makes critical medical supplies that has led ...
COUNTRY -- BECAUSE OF A SHORTAGE OF I-V FLUID. AS WMUR'S IMANI FLEMING EXPLAINS.. IT ALL STARTED IN OCTOBER. <EVERY HOSPITAL IN THE STATE HAS FELT THIS IMPACT> SOME áSURGERIESá.. CANCELLED... OR ...
It’s been about three months since Hurricane Helene pummeled the mountains of North Carolina, but its effects are still being felt well beyond the storm’s path. After the hurricane flooded a ...
In late September, Hurricane Helene damaged a major supplier of intravenous (IV) fluids. In this report, we follow up on what ...
THEM TO USE WHAT THEY HAVE STOCKED UP CAUTIOUSLY AS THE SHORTAGE CONTINUES CALIFORNIA HOSPITALS ARE FEELING THE IMPACT OF THE NATIONWIDE I-V FLUID SHORTAGE... AFTER HURRICANE HELEN SHUT DOWN THE ...
WARRENSBURG, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The nationwide I.V. fluid shortage has slowed but patients said they’re still feeling the strain. We first introduced you to Brooke Evans in October – a local woman who ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Local hospitals continue to deal with a shortage of intravenous (IV) fluids after Hurricane Helene shut down a manufacturing plant in North Carolina earlier this month.
Carlee A. Clark, M.D., lead author of the MUSC study, and her team reduced IV fluid use by 60% before and after surgery immediately after the shortage began. Patients continued with their own oral ...