The Department of Health and Human Services has initiated a series of steps to help restore the supply of IV solution that was greatly reduced by damage to a Baxter International Inc.’s facility in North Carolina during Hurricane Helene.
Among those steps are:
- posting FDA guidance providing flexibility for compounding IV solution alternatives;
- extending the expiration dates of existing IV products;
- airlifting new supplies into and around the country;
- working with other manufacturers to increase production capacity;
- helping Baxter clean up and restore its North Carolina plant and invoking the Defense Production Act toward that end; and
- more.
Learn more from this HHS fact sheet and find the compounding guidance here.
The HHS fact sheet also links to a Baxter web page that addresses its facilities, supply continuity, the status of supplies for peritoneal dialysis, resources for health professionals and Baxter customers, and more; find that web page here.