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IV Fluids for Dehydration: How Solutions Rehydrate You

Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DOMedically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO Healthcare providers administer ...
STAT

Close IV hydration bars until the intravenous fluid shortage ends

Normally, hospitals are, well, flush with IV fluids. But right now, that isn’t the case. In addition to the physical damage to many hospitals and clinics in the region, Hurricane Helene knocked out ...
KTVU

How Bay Area hospitals are responding to national IV fluid shortage

OAKLAND, Calif. - Health care facilities in the Bay Area are changing protocols to account for the national shortage of IV fluids. Hurricane Helene is to blame, as the biggest supplier of fluids, ...
The Hill

IV fluid maker says expiration date extensions approved

North Carolina hospitals reeling from Hurricane Helene may soon get some relief from a critical IV fluid shortage. The Food and Drug Administration approved changing the expiration date on multiple ...
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 ...
Medpage Today on MSN

IV Fluid Shortage Likely to Extend Into Early 2025

In late September, Hurricane Helene damaged a major supplier of intravenous (IV) fluids. In this report, we follow up on what ...
Forbes

Hurricane Helene Damages Could Result In IV Bag Shortage

Hurricane Helene’s flood-related damage to a key medical supply production facility last week in Marion, North Carolina, has serious potential to affect patient care nationally because it manufactures ...