California Hospitals Face Shortage of Saline Solution
Many California hospitals are facing a shortage of saline solution -- which is used for cleaning wounds, mixing medications, treating dehydration and other care -- after ice and snow storms in the Midwest delayed delivery trucks headed for the state. Pharmaceutical companies say they likely will not be able to meet demand for the product until next year.
- "Shortage of Saline Solution Has Hospitals on Edge" (Demobsky, "Shots," NPR, 6/22).