Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous fluid bags to cope with a shortage that may last months. Some hospital administrators say they are changing how they think about IV ...
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 ...
Usha Lee McFarling is a former STAT reporter. Hospitals across the country are struggling to conserve and stretch their supplies of IV fluids in the wake of a shortage brought on by Hurricane Helene, ...
Ralph Owen was just four days away from receiving surgery in Colorado. "I got the phone call. It was kind of a shock, and they just said, 'We're canceling the surgery,'" said Owen. "I set it up six to ...
Hospital systems across the country — including those in North Texas — are conserving IV fluids as the country's largest manufacturer recovers from damage due to Hurricane Helene. Hospitals across ...
Hurricane season continues to strain the national supply of intravenous fluids to hospitals and dialysis centers around the country. Flooding from Hurricane Helene in late September shut down one of ...
Yvonne Hemz was scheduled to have a cancerous tumor removed from her kidney Tuesday. On Sunday, however, Hemze, 52, of Farmington, Minnesota, got a call from the hospital, Abbott Northwestern, telling ...
WASHINGTON STATE — A nationwide shortage of IV fluids is delaying surgeries and forcing hospitals and healthcare facilities to find ways to conserve specially formulated liquids. Several hospitals in ...
Hospitals across the U.S. are feeling the impact of Hurricane Helene as experts warn of an imminent intravenous (IV) solution shortage due to the temporary shutdown of a facility in a North Carolina.
Federal health officials have approved the import of certain IV fluids from overseas as hospitals across the country scramble to deal with a Hurricane Helene-inflicted shortage. The shortage occurred ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Health care systems nationwide are dealing with a shortage of IV fluids after flooding from Hurricane Helene damaged a North Carolina facility. Baxter International is the ...