Lactated ringers and normal saline are both types of intravenous (IV) fluids. IV fluids are given whenever there is a concern about maintaining fluid balance. Each type of IV fluid has different ...
Imagine a nurse, let’s call her Jill, who faces multiple scrub-ins everyday as part of her operating room role. She struggles with a rash on her hands and wrists that just won’t go away, causing both ...
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The Food and Drug Administration is warning about a shortage of three types of IV fluid made at the Baxter pharmaceutical plant in western North Carolina. The plant is trying to recover from Hurricane ...
A cannula is a thin tube that doctors insert into a person’s body cavity, such as their nose, or into a vein. Doctors use them to drain fluid, administer medication, or provide oxygen. A person can ...
Federal regulators have approved a change to the expiration dates for multiple types of intravenous (IV) and sterile fluids made at a key manufacturing plant recovering from the impact of Hurricane ...