ATLANTA — IV bags filled with saline solution are one of the most common items in hospitals. But new research suggests replacing the saline with a different intravenous solution may significantly ...

IV bags filled with saline solution are one of the most common items in hospitals. But new research suggests replacing the saline with a different intravenous solution may significantly reduce risks ...

The U.S. is facing a nationwide shortage of intravenous bags just as flu cases accelerate, forcing many hospitals to use more time-consuming ways to administer drugs and to weigh a halt on elective ...

The production of critical medical supplies used by hospitals nationwide is at risk due to the impact of Hurricane Helene on a North Carolina manufacturing facility. The Baxter North Cove facility in ...

Saline solution IV bags are one of the most common items in hospitals. But new research suggests replacing the saline with a different intravenous solution may significantly reduce the risk of death ...

An ongoing shortage of fluids used to deliver medicine and treat dehydrated patients has hospital workers scrambling in the midst of a nasty flu season and supplies from factories in storm-ravaged ...

Bags of fluid that would normally cost %241-%241.25 are costing five or six times that Most hospital patients are given IV saline at some point%2C so the shortage is ...

Hospitals across the U.S. are facing critical shortages of IV fluids, particularly small saline solution bags, after Hurricane Maria disrupted manufacturing plants in Puerto Rico. On Friday, FDA ...

Microplastics have been found almost everywhere that scientists have looked for them. Now, according to research published in the ACS partner journal Environment & Health, these bits of plastic — from ...

A shortage of IV bags from Puerto Rico has U.S. hospitals scrambling to care for patients. Dreamstime TNS Just as Washington faces a potentially severe flu season, health-care providers in the state ...

At least 40 patients mistakenly received unsterilized, "simulated" intravanous fluids -- meant for training only -- instead of the sterile saline solution normally given to people in the hospital, ...