Ricketts Comments on Sterile Solution Shortages Worsened by Hurricane Helene
October 11, 2024
October 11, 2024
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release:
OMAHA, NE Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts urged prioritizing domestic manufacturing after hearing from Nebraska hospitals and patients unable to move forward with procedures due to sterile solution shortages. Baxter supplies approximately 60% of the U.S.' IV fluids and suffered significant damage from Hurricane Helene to their manufacturing facility in North Carolina. I.V. fluids were already . . .
OMAHA, NE Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts urged prioritizing domestic manufacturing after hearing from Nebraska hospitals and patients unable to move forward with procedures due to sterile solution shortages. Baxter supplies approximately 60% of the U.S.' IV fluids and suffered significant damage from Hurricane Helene to their manufacturing facility in North Carolina. I.V. fluids were already . . .