CNN

Some ER patients are half as likely to receive IV fluids since disruptions from Hurricane Helene

Patients visiting emergency departments for dehydration or nausea are half as likely to receive IV fluids now than they were before Hurricane Helene exacerbated supply shortages, according to an ...
KTXS

Hendrick Health reschedules some non-emergency procedures amid national IV fluid shortage

ABILENE, Texas — Hendrick Health is rescheduling some of its non-emergency or elective procedures following a nationwide shortage of IV fluids. In a press release, Hendrick Health said they began ...
inforum

Hospitals in Minnesota and North Dakota conserve IV fluids after manufacturing stunted by Hurricane Helene

Hospitals are adjusting how they use IV fluids after a plant that produces 60% of IV fluids used in the U.S. was damaged in Hurricane Helene. The Baxter International facility in Marion, N.C. — a ...
KSTP-TV

Some Minnesota hospitals reschedule non-emergency surgeries to conserve IV fluids amid nationwide shortage

Some Minnesota hospitals have implemented conservation measures as of this weekend related to a nationwide shortage of IV fluids, including rescheduling non-emergency surgeries in some cases, ...
OPB

Storm damage closes North Carolina factory that makes vital hospital supplies

As the remnants of Hurricane Helene moved inland, the storm flooded a factory that makes intravenous fluids used in hospitals around the country. The Baxter International factory in Marion, N.C., ...