US approves temporary imports of IV fluids as hospitals grapple with storm-related shortages

Federal health officials have approved the import of certain IV fluids from overseas as hospitals across the country scramble to deal with a Hurricane Helene-inflicted shortage. 

The shortage occurred after floodwaters from Helene damaged Baxter International’s IV fluid manufacturing facility in Marion, N.C. The plant had supplied roughly 60 percent of the IV solution used by hospitals in the U.S. every day.  

A survey from group purchasing organization Premier Inc. found that...