In a letter earlier this week, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra told health care leaders that the department is 'working tirelessly to mitigate the sterile solutions supply chain disruptions' and, beyond the current crisis, is also working to diversify the supply chain so it is less reliant on a single plant.
HHS is encouraging all providers and health systems, regardless of whether they have experienced a disruption in their supply, to take measures to conserve these critical products, the letter read. Some hospitals have already reported giving patients Gatorade and Pedialyte to conserve IV fluid supplies.
For now, though, HHS is encouraging all providers and health systems, regardless of whether they have experienced a disruption in their supply, to take measures to conserve these critical products, the letter read.
In one bright spot in the current disruptions, fears that Hurricane Milton would disrupt another IV fluid manufacturing plant in Florida were not realized this week. B. Braun Medical's manufacturing site in Daytona Beach was not seriously impacted by the storm, the company announced, and production resumed normally Friday.
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