trucks and gatorade
Meanwhile, federal officials are working with Baxter to help increase supplies; Temporary importand expedite consideration of best-before date extension requests.
in letter Earlier this week, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra told health care leaders that the department is “working vigorously to alleviate disruptions to the sterile solution supply chain” and said the current crisis Beyond this, the company is also working to diversify its supply chain. Less dependence on a single plant.
But for now, “HHS encourages all health care providers and health systems to take steps to conserve these critical products, regardless of whether supply is disrupted.” says the letter. Some hospitals have already been reported to be giving patients Gatorade and Pedialyte to conserve IV fluid supplies.
One bright spot amid the current turmoil is that fears that Hurricane Milton would disrupt another IV fluid manufacturing plant in Florida did not materialize this week. B. Braun Medical’s manufacturing site in Daytona Beach was not severely affected by the storm; the company announcedproduction resumed as normal on Friday. Before the storm, B. Brown reportedly received federal assistance to move an inventory of more than 60 truckloads of IV fluid to northern Florida for storage. That inventory will be returned to the Daytona facility, according to the company. Reported by Associated Press.
