Becker's Hospital Review

IV Fluid management: saving millions of dollars in operating costs by improving patient outcomes

Imagine your hospital significantly optimizing patient throughput, reducing the risk of mechanical ventilation and the need for acute dialysis treatment — while saving millions of dollars in operating ...
Nature

Pediatric Intravenous Fluid Management

The management of intravenous fluids in paediatrics remains a critical component of care in both routine and acute settings. Intravenous fluid therapy is not only essential for hydration and ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Solutions for Life, a new $1 billion investment in IV fluid production, aims to help end America’s IV fluid shortages for good

IV fluids are the very lifeblood of American healthcare—helping doctors and nurses hydrate their patients, administer drugs, and even replace lost blood volume. These fluids are fundamental to patient ...
The Hill

IV shortage ‘creates havoc’ for hospitals, exposing supply chain ‘whack-a-mole’

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 ...
Marketplace

Nationwide IV fluid shortage following Helene leads to postponed surgeries

A shortage of IV fluid is forcing hospitals across the country to conserve and even postpone surgeries and procedures after an IV fluid production facility in North Carolina was hit by the devastating ...
HealthLeaders Media

HL Shorts: UnityPoint Health's Crisis Management Response to IV Fluid Shortage

UnityPoint Health CMO Gregory Johnson was involved in a successful crisis management effort last year after Hurricane Helene inflicted severe damage on a medical-grade fluid manufacturing plant in ...
Business Wire

Vizient Shares Conservation Strategies for Potential IV Fluid Supply Disruption Caused by Hurricane Helene

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Due to the impact to the Baxter International, Inc. North Cove facility in Marion, N.C. from Hurricane Helene, Vizient has published a conservation guide for adult and ...
Dayton Daily News

Shortage of IV fluids easing in Ohio

The shortage of IV fluids after flooding from Hurricane Helene shut down one of the largest manufacturers in the U.S. is easing in Ohio. The Ohio Department of Health was informed Oct. 1 of potential ...
Houston Public Media

Shortage of IV fluids leads to canceled surgeries

Surgery was Katie Adase's best chance at finally getting a diagnosis for the chronic pelvic pain that has been plaguing her for years. "I couldn't do laundry or walk to the grocery store or even cook ...
WMUR

Supply of IV fluids could be constrained after Hurricane Helene damages manufacturer

PUTTING PLANS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THIS DOESN’T IMPACT PATIENTS FROM FLORIDA TO NORTH CAROLINA. AND NOW POTENTIALLY THE NORTHEAST. HURRICANE HELENE’S IMPACTS ARE HITTING UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST.
World Socialist Web Site

IV fluid shortages intensify crisis in Australian healthcare system

Serious shortages of essential intravenous (IV) fluids in Australia and subsequent rationing in hospitals have caused significant concern among medical professionals and deepening pressures on the ...