Hurricane Helene’s flood-related damage to a key medical supply production facility last week in Marion, North Carolina, has serious potential to affect patient care nationally because it manufactures ...
IV fluids are the very lifeblood of American healthcare—helping doctors and nurses hydrate their patients, administer drugs, and even replace lost blood volume. These fluids are fundamental to patient ...
Oct 18 (Reuters) - Medical device maker B. Braun Medical said on Friday it expects to ramp up production of intravenous (IV) saline fluids by 20% at its plants in Irvine, California, and Daytona Beach ...
Disruptions from Hurricane Helene exacerbated shortages of critical intravenous fluids in the United States, and now the Biden administration has invoked the wartime powers of the Defense Production ...
The western North Carolina plant that makes 60 percent of the country’s intravenous fluid supply has restarted its highest-producing manufacturing line after being ravaged by flooding brought by ...
Baxter expects to restart a second IV fluid production line shortly at its hurricane-damaged plant in western North Carolina — the country’s largest manufacturer of peritoneal dialysis and intravenous ...