Health care facilities in the Bay Area are changing protocols to account for the national shortage of IV fluids.
Hurricane Helene is to blame, as the biggest supplier of fluids, Baxter, was forced to close its manufacturing site in North Carolina due to severe storm surge and flood damage.The FDA and US Health and Human Services are suggesting hospitals cut down their use of fluids and save them for serious emergencies only.Baxter produces about 60% of the nation's IV fluids. In the East Bay, Dr.
"Areas where we were commonly using IV fluids that weren’t necessary, we made it easy to stop them," said Dr. Mahler.Now, she said the shortage is impacting other hospitals as well, even the ones who don’t rely solely on Baxter for supplies, because the other suppliers are overwhelmed with requests to fill the gap. "Their suppliers are having to share IV fluids more broadly so everybody started, in this last week, really feeling the national shortage of IV fluids," Dr.
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