Hospitals’ IV fluid shortage may impact surgeries for weeks
Surgery schedules around the country may be washed out for several more weeks while a crucial IV and sterile fluids factory remains closed after a hurricane-related shutdown.
IV fluid shortage could affect surgeries for weeks
The feds and medical suppliers are trying to ease a supply crunch created after Hurricane Helene forced Baxter International to close its North Carolina plant.
Imported IV fluid hits U.S. as shortages continue
IV fluids from as far away as China are being imported to the U.S. to alleviate nationwide shortages stemming from hurricane damage to a key manufacturing plant in North Carolina. Why it matters: Hospitals now have 50% more IV fluid available to them than immediately after Hurricane Helene swamped Baxter International's North Cove manufacturing site in Marion,
Michigan hospitals conserve IV fluid after hurricane causes shortage
Health care providers are grappling with a shortage of IV fluids as the nation's largest supplier continues to recover from Hurricane Helene.
IV fluid shortage impacting home healthcare
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IV fluid shortage impacting at home care
The IV fluid supply shortage has impacted nearly half of New York hospitals, and it’s had serious implications on the most medically complex patients who receive care at home. One Warrensburg family discusses the challenges they’re faced with.
MarketWatch4h
Baxter International Inc. stock underperforms Tuesday when compared to competitors despite daily gains
Shares of Baxter International Inc. BAX inched 0.05% higher to $36.59 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor ...
MLive6h
Thousands of patients reliant on IV nutrition face shortages from Helene, CVS
Hurricane Helene wrecked a factory in North Carolina that produced 60% of the fluids their sustenance is mixed from.
Baxter Aims to Take More New Dialysis Patients After Storm Halt
Baxter International Inc. will begin accepting more new home dialysis patients after hurricane damage to a plant forced it to ...
Baxter aims to restore new dialysis patient access to pre-hurricane levels by year-end
Baxter International on Monday said that it aims to restore the number of new patients able to begin using its peritoneal ...
Monument Health takes conservative efforts in response to nationwide IV shortage
A representative for Monument Health says they put in place conservation measures in response to the nationwide IV shortage.
Winston-Salem Journal6d
Baxter expands global product sourcing, more than 1,000 employees are back
Baxter said it will use air and other methods of transportation "to get (IV fluids and peritoneal dialysis) products to the U ...
Baxter to import 18,000 tons of IV products to US by year-end
Baxter International said on Thursday it will import 18,000 tons of intravenous products from its newly cleared international ...
What do pork, quartz and saline solution have in common?
Hospitals and high-tech manufacturers puckered up when Hurricane Helene blew through North Carolina. The storm threatened to ...
Crain's Chicago Business4d
Feds begin airlifting Baxter medical supplies to curb shortage
Starting this weekend, tens of millions of product units will be imported over the coming weeks as Baxter and federal ...
Becker's Hospital Review1d
Baxter aims to import 18K tons of product: 6 IV shortage updates
The impact of the Baxter plant closure led CVS to close its Coram infusion pharmacy division and instruct parenteral patients to seek new providers. The disruption left approximately 25,000 patients ...
CAA Hires London-Based Agent Rachel Baxter to Broaden International Speakers Department
Rachel Baxter has joined CAA as an London-based agent in the speakers department. She will focus on amplifying CAA speakers' ...
Jefferson Public Radio2d
OHSU postpones 25% of surgical procedures due to nationwide IV fluid shortage
OHSU relies heavily on a single supplier, Baxter International, which suffered major damage to a critical North Carolina ...