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Hospitals scramble to avert saline shortage in wake of Puerto Rico disaster

By The Washington Post  
   October 10, 2017

The hurricane that wreaked havoc on Puerto Rico last month has disrupted production of widely used intravenous solutions. Several prominent hospitals across the country are scrambling to find alternative supplies, change the way they administer drugs and devise backup plans to make the fluids themselves.

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