Years before Hurricane Helene shut down a critical intravenous fluid facility in North Carolina, sparking concerns in ...

Purpose: The stability of meropenem in i.v. solutions stored in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) bags and an elastomeric ... sterile water for injection and mixed with 0.9% sodium chloride injection ...

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 Connecticut Hospital Association is dealing with a nationwide IV solutions shortage due to Hurricanes Helene and Milton. The impact ...

Similarly, TriHealth has set up a command center that meets daily to monitor their IV bag levels but has not canceled or delayed any procedures, according to Thomas Lange, a TriHealth spokesperson.

for its new presentation of potassium phosphates in 0.9% sodium chloride injection intravenous (IV) ready-to-use (RTU) bags. This sterile presentation reduces the compounding steps for clinicians ...

Think about your most exciting purchase or gift this year. It was a chic designer bag, wasn’t it? Thanks to beautiful textures—like those on luxurious suede bags—and exciting silhouettes ...

The use of intravenous antibiotics to treat patients ... Meropenem 4 mg/mL in NS was stable for at least seven days in PVC bags and elastomeric infusion containers when stored at 5° C.

It was part of recovery efforts after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017, which also affected Baxter facilities and led to shortages of IV bags used to administer and dilute medications that ...

including an inventory assessment of IV bags, a thorough review of their patient population, and made phone calls and emails to distributors to secure more IV Fluids. From there, they worked on ...