Flooding triggered by Helene hit a Baxter International plant in North Cove, North Carolina, that makes much of the country’s supply of sterile intravenous, or IV, fluids. The plant is the company’s ...

PUTTING PLANS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THIS DOESN’T IMPACT PATIENTS FROM FLORIDA TO NORTH CAROLINA. AND NOW POTENTIALLY THE NORTHEAST. HURRICANE HELENE’S IMPACTS ARE HITTING UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Huntsville Hospital is delaying some surgeries due to a critical shortage of IV fluids which resulted from hurricane damage to a main facility in North Carolina. Huntsville ...

HOLLAND — When Hurricane Helene tore through western North Carolina in late September, flooding forced the closure of Baxter International's North Cove manufacturing facility and triggered what could ...

YUMA, AZ (AZFamily) — Nearly three months after Hurricane Helene devastated North Carolina and the nation’s leading supplier of IV fluids, hospitals in southern Arizona are still feeling the impact.

CARE PROVIDERS SAY IT’S A DIFFERENT SITUATION. IN A STATEMENT SENT TO NEWS NINE, A MEDIA REPRESENTATIVE FROM MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM SAYS IN PART THEY, QUOTE, MADE THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO DEFER SOME ...

Hospitals across Iowa and nationwide are working to conserve supplies of intravenous fluid packets as one of the main suppliers of IVs, based in western North Carolina, was damaged and shut down by ...

Last month, nearly 60% of hospitals nationally reported concerns they would have to postpone shortages due to the IV shortages, with 17% saying they already taken that step. UR Medicine delayed ...

San Joaquin General Hospital is warning of an IV fluid shortage after Hurricane Helene damaged the manufacturing plant of one of the nation's largest suppliers. Baxter International, a health care and ...

A few weeks after Baxter temporarily shuttered its manufacturing plant in Marion, N.C., which was the nation’s main supplier of intravenous solutions, 84% of hospital pharmacy workers reported a ...

Hospital administrators say the shortage accelerated their plans to change IV fluid hydration protocols altogether. KFF Health News — Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous ...

The American health system is already in a major financial crisis, as a result of supply chain issues and a staffing crisis exacerbated by the COVID pandemic. This led to many healthcare systems ...