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Topics => Science, Technology, & Medicine => Topic started by: Pandora on January 29, 2014, 01:34:21 PM

Title: U.S. hospitals hit with shortage of intravenous saline
Post by: Pandora on January 29, 2014, 01:34:21 PM

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Manufacturers first notified FDA late last year that they expected delays in filling orders, but an increase in hospitalizations two weeks ago partly due to rising numbers of flu cases exacerbated the problem, she said.

Due partly to the flu; what's the other part?

Leave it to the commies to run out of salt water.  They'd create a sand shortage in the desert.

http://news.yahoo.com/u-hospitals-hit-shortage-intravenous-saline-223426357--sector.html;_ylt=AwrBEiKkOOhSBmoAFufQtDMD (http://news.yahoo.com/u-hospitals-hit-shortage-intravenous-saline-223426357--sector.html;_ylt=AwrBEiKkOOhSBmoAFufQtDMD)

Title: Re: U.S. hospitals hit with shortage of intravenous saline
Post by: Libertas on January 29, 2014, 02:16:40 PM

Wow, in the industry and did not hear this, no surprise though, not the kind of thing they want to be generally known.  Kinda makes you wonder what else has been allowed to run low, don't it?  Also highlights what I always knew...hospitals will be way overwhelmed if a serious calamity were to strike their area...I mean where hundreds, thousands of wounded were needing attention.

Title: Re: U.S. hospitals hit with shortage of intravenous saline
Post by: LadyVirginia on January 29, 2014, 02:51:14 PM

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FDA's Jensen said the agency is also looking into alternative sources, including overseas suppliers, to help address the shortage.

yeah, give me that saline!

 ::facepalm::

Title: Re: U.S. hospitals hit with shortage of intravenous saline
Post by: Pandora on January 29, 2014, 03:14:15 PM

Saline, melamine, what's the diff?

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Title: Re: U.S. hospitals hit with shortage of intravenous saline
Post by: Glock32 on January 29, 2014, 03:36:45 PM

A big portion of saline is made by Baxter Pharmaceutical, and as I recall they also got into trouble for using a drug of ultimately Chinese origin that caused problems during some baby deliveries.  Seems there was even some famous person affected by it, but I can't remember now.

But yeah, let's bring on some Chinese saline!


ETA: the drug was heparin and the famous person was Dennis Quaid. His newborns were given a dose 1,000 times the normal dose due to the two versions of the drug being labeled too similarly.