While many hospitals require an IV during labor, routine intravenous lines may not always be necessary. Here's why they might be placed.

The practice of routinely maintaining PIVC access has not only benefits but also risks. It’s due for a mindset shift, with ...

Treating patients at home with IV antibiotics, rather than in a clinical setting, could halve costs to the NHS and relieve ...

Surgery schedules around the country may be washed out for several more weeks while a crucial IV and sterile fluids factory remains shut down for hurricane-related damage. People often plan ...

For a very long time, hospital pharmacies have relied on 503B Compounding facilities to outsource to or from which to purchase a variety of supplies, such as ready-to-use critical care drips, OR ...

UR Medicine hospitals, including Strong Memorial Hospital and Highland Hospital in Rochester, on Oct. 16 paused indefinitely some elective and semi-elective surgical procedures due to a shortage of IV ...

Huntsville Hospital is delaying some non-emergency surgeries due to a critical shortage of IV fluids. The hospital has announced the delay, which officials stress does not cancel surgeries. The delay ...