GPs are fighting 'pseudo beauty wellness' companies for access to IV fluids amid worldwide shortage, forced to ration careGPs are fighting 'pseudo beauty wellness' companies for access to IV fluids amid worldwide shortage, forced to ration care
"Every drop counts, we need to make sure that these resources go to where it's needed the most," she said. "It's a very uncomfortable position to be in, and in modern day Australia it shouldn't be happening." "IV fluids used in wellness treatments represent a tiny fraction of overall consumption compared to hospitals, general practices and other acute and primary care services."
"I've had to start some medications that I had completely weaned off of. I've had to increase medications that I had previously managed to reduce doses on.Newcastle-based nurse practitioner and Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association representative Denise Lyons said she was having to use an alternative method for delivering IV iron infusions because of the shortage, instead slowly pushing the iron directly in to the vein using a syringe.
The TGA told the ABC it had been in regular communication with suppliers about the impacts of the hurricane.