“If you’re not conserving IV fluids now, start conserving immediately. This is going to last for months.”
That was the message from Michael Ganio, PharmD, the senior director of pharmacy practice and quality at ASHP, regarding the possible shortage of bags of IV fluids as a result of damage to a major Baxter facility in North Carolina due to flooding from Hurricane Helene in late September.
Although some of shortages have started to ease up (sidebar), the following