Australia faces shortage of ‘crucial’ IV fluids
The TGA says IV fluids will be in ‘constrained’ supply for the rest of the year.
A critical shortage of IV fluids has hit the Australian health system with “very little warning” and could eventually impact non-cancer elective surgery.
The current shortage, which initially affected one brand of 500mL IV sodium chloride 0.9% IV bags, has since extended to all three Australian suppliers and multiple volumes of saline and Hartmann’s solution (sodium lactate).
