Many ASCs are encountering difficulties in obtaining IV fluids following the flooding caused by Hurricane Helene, which damaged a Baxter International facility in Marion, N.C., responsible for producing 60% of the country’s IV fluid supply. Yet they ar…
Baxter International is responding to critical IV supply shortages affecting patients after Hurricane Helene disrupted its North Cove manufacturing facility, which produces 60% of the U.S. IV fluid market’s supply.
Hurricane Helene has put IV shortages in the spotlight after damaging a manufacturing plant, but hospitals have been dealing with IV fluid shortages for years, NBC News reported Oct. 18.
Amid the IV fluid shortage caused by the temporary closure of Baxter’s North Cove, N.C., plant due to Hurricane Helene, ECRI has issued guidance to healthcare providers regarding practices to avoid and adopt.
Amid the IV fluid shortage caused by the temporary closure of Baxter’s North Cove, N.C., plant due to Hurricane Helene, ECRI has issued guidance to healthcare providers regarding practices to avoid and adopt.
Two North Carolina health systems are offering proposals to secure a 3D body scanner that would cost millions, The Charlotte Observer reported Oct. 15.
Some ASCs are facing obstacles in securing IV fluids after flooding produced by Hurricane Helene damaged a Baxter International plant in Marion, N.C., that makes 60% of the nation’s IV fluid products.
Medline is partnering with Microsoft on a tool aimed at improving supply chain operations.
The Biden administration has invoked the Defense Production Act to expedite the rebuilding of Baxter International’s IV fluid facility, where production was halted in the wake of flooding following Hurricane Helene, CBS News reported Oct. 15.
After Hurricane Helene struck Baxter’s site in North Cove facility in Marion, N.C. — the nation’s main manufacturer of intravenous and peritoneal dialysis solutions — several healthcare organizations have shared conservation and drug shortage mitigatio…
