Years before Hurricane Helene shut down a critical intravenous fluid facility in North Carolina, sparking concerns in hospitals across the country, many common IV fluids were already in short supply ...
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 ...
The facility manufactures a significant portion of IV solutions, irrigation fluids, and peritoneal solutions to the US medical system. According to the Food and Drug Administration, the following ...
Hospitals in Atlanta and throughout Georgia are feeling the pinch from storm damage and to a factory in North Carolina that produces much of the nation’s supply of intravenous (IV) fluids.
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 ...