A Florida factory that makes IV fluids crucial to healthcenters acrossthecountry will reboot after shutting down while Hurricane Milton tore through the state
ByTOM MURPHY AP health author
October 10, 2024, 10: 37 AM
A Florida factory that makes IV fluids important to medicalfacilities acrossthecountry will reboot Friday earlymorning after shutting down while Hurricane Milton tore through the state.
B. Braun Medical’s production website and circulation center in Daytona Beach were not seriously affected by the cyclone, stated business representative Allison Longenhagen. No injuries to staffmembers haveactually been reported.
The business, with aid from the federal federalgovernment, had moved more than 60 truckloads of IV options stock north of Florida before the storm. Longenhagen stated that will they will be returned to the circulation website.
The federal Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response assisted coordinate trucks and motorists for the short-lived relocation, which included almost 1.5 million bags of service, a agent stated Thursday.
The factory is seen as an crucial source of sterilized intravenous, or IV, fluid products that had grown tight after Hurricane Helene hit Florida and anumberof other states late last month. That storm required Baxter International