It’s the bags that hold the fluids and drugs used for intravenous (IV) infusions. Research from way back in the 1970s suggested that IV bags could potentially contain solid particles, but there was ...

Microplastics can be found in the solutions administered through plastic IV bags, researchers recently reported in the journal Environment & Health. In fact, thousands of plastic particles could ...

Research from the 1970s suggests IV fluid bags can contain solid particles, but few scientists have followed up on what those particles are made of. Researchers Liwu Zhang, Ventsislav Kolev Valev ...

The North Carolina facility is responsible for an estimated 1.5 million IV bags a day, roughly 60% of IV bag supply in the United States. Dr. Chris DeRienzo with the American Hospital Association ...

The researchers estimate that thousands of plastic particles could be delivered directly to a person’s bloodstream from a single 8.4-ounce (250-milliliter) bag of infusion fluid. In clinical settings, ...