A shortages of IV fluids has led to postponed and canceled surgeries at hospitals across the country.Photo by Jae C. Hong - AP Surgery was Katie Adase's best chance at finally getting a diagnosis for ...

The FDA confirmed the nationwide shortage of sodium chloride 0.9% injection, or IV saline, has officially ended. The IV saline shortage, which has affected hospitals and clinics across the country, is ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Martin Makary has announced that the IV fluid shortage for sodium chloride 0.9% injection products is now over after nearly a year of disruption.

Drug shortages have plagued health systems nationwide for decades. When hospitals run short on critical medications — from common cancer treatments to basic IV fluids — pharmacists are forced to ...

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(Reuters) -A shortage of intravenous and injectable saline solutions in the United States has now been resolved, U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner Martin Makary said on Friday. A shortage ...

The Drug Shortage Guardian Award is presented annually to individuals and organizations demonstrating outstanding, patient-centered leadership during a crisis in essential medicine supply. In fall ...

Carlee A. Clark, M.D., lead author of the MUSC study, and her team reduced IV fluid use by 60% before and after surgery immediately after the shortage began. Patients continued with their own oral ...

The combination of a severe flu season and reduced supplies of intravenous (IV) fluid bags after Hurricane Maria devastated manufacturing plants in Puerto Rico has hospital teams strategizing on ...

A longtime shortage of a type of sterile intravenous saline is now resolved, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday. According to the FDA, sodium chloride 0.9% injection products have been ...