Fluid therapy has evolved dramatically from its origins in 17 th-century blood transfusion experiments to sophisticated, modern, perioperative fluid management protocols. This comprehensive review ...

Vizient, a healthcare performance improvement company, has expanded its Reserve Program to include IV fluids through a partnership with Baxter, aiming to strengthen supply chain preparedness. The ...

This is a MedPage Today story. In late September, Hurricane Helene damaged a major supplier of intravenous (IV) fluids. In this report, we follow up on what has happened since. Hurricane Helene ...

The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response has partnered with SLI Medical to ship 41,000 cases of IV fluids to the U.S. to help mitigate an ongoing shortage exacerbated by disruptions ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The nationwide shortage of IV fluids has led to significant changes in how hospitals treat patients. Both, UR Medicine and Rochester Regional have successfully cut their IV fluid ...

Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous fluid supplies to cope with a shortage that may last months. Some hospital administrators say they are changing how they think about IV ...

A nurse places a patient's chemotherapy medication on an intravenous stand at a hospital in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous ...

Many U.S. hospitals are conserving critical intravenous fluids to cope with a supply shortage caused by Hurricane Helene. They're changing... Nationwide IV fluid shortage changing how hospitals manage ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — An intravenous (IV) fluid shortage in the wake of Hurricane Helene is continuing after a major North Carolina factory was damaged when the storm hit. Now, health officials are ...

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 ...