FDA says IV saline shortage is over

Aug 9, 2025 - 06:00
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FDA says IV saline shortage is over
A longtime shortage of a type of sterile intravenous saline is now resolved, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday.  According to the FDA, sodium chloride 0.9% injection products have been in shortage since 2018. The shortage was exacerbated when Hurricane Helene flooded a Baxter manufacturing plant in Marion, N.C. last fall what was responsible for…