Last week, the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration added intravenous (IV) fluids to the growing list of medicines in short supply. The shortage is due to higher-than-expected demand and ...

The American health system is already in a major financial crisis, as a result of supply chain issues and a staffing crisis exacerbated by the COVID pandemic. This led to many healthcare systems ...

This is a MedPage Today story. In late September, Hurricane Helene damaged a major supplier of intravenous (IV) fluids. In this report, we follow up on what has happened since. Hurricane Helene ...

The federal government will spend $20 million to expand the only local manufacturing facility of IV fluids. Production of the medicine is expected to jump from 60 million units a year to 80 million ...

Imported IV fluids can contain as much as 60 millilitres of air compared to 5 millilitres in Australian-made products. Doctors say the risk of an air embolism from IV fluids is very rare, and they're ...