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Pitt County Emergency Medical Services announced it is equipping county ambulances and quick response vehicles with Sapphire IV infusion pumps in an effort to provide safer, more precise medication an ...

The plant makes much of the country’s supply of sterile intravenous, or IV, fluids and was significantly impacted by flooding from Hurricane Helene in 2024.

Hospitalized children should receive isotonic fluids such as 0.9% normal saline rather than hypotonic solutions for routine maintenance: This standard practice significantly reduces the risk of ...

POUCH is rewriting the rules of advanced nutrition: proprietary, IV-level fluids delivered in a sleek package, engineered for ...

Future research should focus on testing PVC removal beyond 96 hours, patient preferences for routine or clinically indicated PVC removal, more rigorous studies and use of ultrasound to assess PVC ...

Hurricane Helene damaged a key IV fluid plant, causing nationwide shortages Tariffs and global consolidation worsened supply chain disruptions Health systems turned to stockpiling, GPOs and ...

In recent years more than 20 IV bars have opened across the state. IV bars offer vitamins and fluids through intravenous drips to promote healthy aging, strengthen the immune system and fight jetlag.

In September 2024, Hurricane Helene damaged a Baxter International plant in Marion, N.C., that produces 60% of the U.S.’s IV fluid products, disrupting ASCs and other healthcare facilities across the ...

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 ...

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 ...