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FDA says IV fluid shortage from hurricane is over
The nationwide shortage of critical intravenous saline fluid triggered by Hurricane Helene is over, though some other injectable solutions remain in shortage almost a year after the storm, the Food ...
Sudden shortage of IV fluid refocused attention on importance and proper use
After Hurricane Helene knocked out a North Carolina plant that supplies much of the IV fluid hospitals depend upon, MUSC ...
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FDA says IV saline shortage is over
A longtime shortage of a type of sterile intravenous saline is now resolved, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday. According to the FDA, sodium chloride 0.9% injection products have been ...
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How Nashville hospitals are handling IV, dialysis fluid shortage after Hurricane Helene
Hospitals across the country are conserving crucial fluids after a North Carolina supplier's operations were hampered after Hurricane Helene's floods swept through the area. Baxter International ...
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Hospitals strive for long-term fix to drug shortages
Drug shortages have plagued health systems nationwide for decades. When hospitals run short on critical medications — from common cancer treatments to basic IV fluids — pharmacists are forced to ...
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FDA declares end to national IV fluid injection shortage
The FDA confirmed the nationwide shortage of sodium chloride 0.9% injection, or IV saline, has officially ended. The IV saline shortage, which has affected hospitals and clinics across the country, is ...
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FDA declares end to IV saline shortage
The Food and Drug Administration has declared that the nationwide shortage of sodium chloride 0.9% injection, for IV saline, is now over. The FDA credited the end of the shortage on its collaboration ...
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US FDA says country's IV, injectable saline shortage is resolved
(Reuters) -A shortage of intravenous and injectable saline solutions in the United States has now been resolved, U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner Martin Makary said on Friday. A shortage ...
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From shortage to success: How MUSC anesthesia team navigated IV fluid crisis
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 ...
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Hard-hit Jamaican hospital pleads for urgent medical supplies after Hurricane Melissa
Days after Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica, aid groups are still struggling to reach some of the island’s hardest hit ...
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US FDA says country's IV, injectable saline shortage is resolved
U.S. President Trump and U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kennedy attend a press conference, in Washington (Reuters) -A shortage of intravenous and injectable saline solutions in the ...