New research calls into question what’s in those IV bags that nearly every hospitalized patient gets. Using a different intravenous fluid instead of the usual saline greatly reduced the risk of death ...

Share on Facebook. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window SAN ANTONIO -- Hospitalized patients given IV balanced fluids ...

The ongoing shortage of IV saline solutions, exacerbated by a relentless flu season and manufacturing disruptions of IV mini-bags following Hurricane Maria, is causing care costs to rise in Wisconsin, ...

UNIVERSITY CITY (WPVI) -- More than 2 months have passed since a pair of hurricanes devastated Puerto Rico, and the impact goes on. Puerto Rico has more than 100 drug and medical device manufacturers, ...

Bags of fluid that would normally cost %241-%241.25 are costing five or six times that Most hospital patients are given IV saline at some point%2C so the shortage is ...

Using a crystalloid solution during surgery was better than saline for improving deceased donor kidney transplant outcomes, according to the BEST-Fluids trial. Compared with standard saline IV fluids, ...

(CBS NEWS) – New research calls into question what’s in those IV bags that nearly every hospitalized patient gets. Using a different intravenous fluid instead of the usual saline greatly reduced the ...

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb released an update on hurricane-caused drug shortages, saying while IV saline product inventory is improving, production capacity issues remain throughout Puerto Rico.

To help alleviate the nationwide saline solution shortage, Deerfield, Ill.-based Baxter Healthcare Corp., will temporarily distribute saline imported from its Spain manufacturing facility. The U.S.

For at least the past six months, hospitals and pharmacists across the country have had to acclimate to having less saline IV solution on hand than ever before. And, while manufacturers say the stock ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned hospitals and health care workers of a national shortage of intravenous (IV) saline solution, and urged doctors to conserve existing supplies. The ...