After Hurricane Helene flooded an IV fluid factory in North Carolina, the government and industry are trying to mitigate shortages.
The supply of IV fluids in the U.S. is under strain since a major plant was forced to shut down in North Carolina.
Now, the company and government officials are trying to make sure existing shortages aren’t worsened by the natural disasters.On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration announced it has authorized 19 IV products for temporary importation from Canada, China, Ireland and the U.K. “We will spare no resource — human or financial — to restart operations and help ensure patients and providers have the products they need,” Baxter CEO José Almeida said in aThe limits on supply, however, are easing somewhat. Baxter hopes to reopen the North Carolina facility in phases and get back to allowing customers to order close to normal amounts of certain products by the end of the year.
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