October 21, 2024 – Hospital and healthcare system leaders joined a name hosted by Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the Division of Well being and Human Providers, on October 18 at 1:30 PM ET to listen to updates on the response to the impacts of Hurricane Helene at Baxter's manufacturing facility in North Carolina. HHS and Baxter officers mentioned their efforts to shut any gaps in provide, reduce disruption to affected person care and help the return to regular operations as rapidly as potential.

EFFORTS TO PREVENT PRICE GOOGLE AND HOW TO REPORT VIOLATIONS The federal authorities has put corporations on discover that worth gouging for important medical provides reminiscent of IV options won’t be tolerated. The Justice Division, Federal Commerce Fee and Client Monetary Safety Bureau warned that legislation enforcement would use each device accessible to cease worth gouging, worth fixing and different unlawful scams. They encourage folks to report violations at http://www.justice.gov/DisasterComplaintForm or http://www.reportfraud.ftc.gov/.

NEW AHA PODCAST ON RESERVATION AND OTHER RESOURCES The AHA launched a podcast yesterday that includes Michael Schiller, government director of AHA's Affiliation for Well being Care Useful resource & Supplies Administration, and Michael Ganio, senior director of pharmacy follow and high quality on the American Society of Well being- System pharmacists, talk about the present scenario with IV fluid provides and the necessity to set up conservation plans for essential affected person provides that could possibly be threatened by a catastrophe or different occasion. Go to AHA's internet web page for the newest info and different sources associated to the IV resolution supply disruption.

BACKGROUND

The AHA continues its efforts on a number of fronts to supply updates and help to members concerning provide chain points ensuing from the closure of a Baxter plant in North Carolina as a result of injury from Hurricane Helene. The plant produced roughly 60% – or 1.5 million baggage – of the IV options used every single day within the US. FURTHER QUESTIONS When you have any questions, please contact Nancy Foster, vice chairman for high quality and affected person security coverage, at nfoster@aha.org , or Roslyne Schulman, coverage director at rschulman@aha.org.

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