HAVE TO RATION THIS SOLUTION, SOME ALREADY POSTPONING ALL BUT EMERGENCY SITUATIONS TTHA REQUIRE CT SCANS. JENNIFER C: A COVID SHORTAGE OF WHAT’S KNOWN AS "IODINIZED CONTRAST MEDIA" IS TIED TO THE ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Hospitals around the country are facing a shortage of a certain kind of dye used to assist in reading computed tomography, commonly referred to as a CAT or CT scan. The dye, ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Contrast media, a liquid dye injected before some CT scans and other tests, is in short supply. "It's not going to be something that's going to be resolved in the next few days, even ...
In April 2022, a shutdown of Shanghai due to China’s “zero COVID” policy caused a global shortage of iodinated contrast media produced by GE Healthcare. Many health systems, roughly half the market ...
CHICAGO — Shanghai, China has entered a sixth week of paralyzing COVID lockdowns— with no end in sight. The ripple effect is being felt across the healthcare system in the U.S. Much-needed intravenous ...
“The ability to reduce iodine concentration and radiation with our low dose CT technologies and isosmolar contrast agent, Visipaque, is just one of the many promising improvements for radiology ...
Imaging technologist and patient during a CT scan at Radiology/Imaging Services at UWMC-Roosevelt in Seattle. Clare McLean UWMC Some hospitals in Washington are rationing medical scans and rethinking ...
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Coronavirus pandemic shutdowns in Shanghai, China are starting to have an impact on those here at home. Centra announced on Wednesday that certain elective imaging procedures will be ...
A shortage of contrast dye for medical imaging caused by COVID lockdowns in Shanghai is forcing some New Jersey patients to postpone cancer follow-up appointments as hospitals conserve their limited ...