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Hospitals Brace for National Saline Shortage

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Mon, 2014-02-10 00:30 — Kathy Gilbeaux

     

At Houston Methodist Hospital, Celest Powell, 20, receives an IV saline solution that helps keep patients hydrated.

houstonchronicle.com - by Lora Hines - February 6, 2014

A severe flu season may have contributed to tightened supplies of intravenous saline solution, those ubiquitous bags that hospitals use by the thousands every day to keep patients hydrated and IVs flowing smoothly. . .

Late last year, three manufacturers of intravenous saline solutions, particularly sodium chloride, began alerting hospitals nationwide about shortages. At least one blamed the flu, which can leave patients dangerously dehydrated and in need of hospital care.

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Mon, 2014-02-10 00:40 — Kathy Gilbeaux

kfdm.org - by Lauren Huet - February 9, 2014

Hospitals nationwide are facing a shortage of intravenous saline solution. A clinical pharmacist with Baptist Hospital in Beaumont tells us, there are three main saline solution manufacturers in the U.S., and one of those companies' plants is temporarily shut down. She says the other manufacturers are trying to meet the increased demand, but hospitals are still dealing with a shortage.

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