Fluid shortage

How bad is the fluid shortage where you are?

Last week they were like “we’re not affecting yet, keeping going as normal” to Friday it’s full panic mode and they’re starting to ration. I come back Monday and we’re pouring only 250mL on our back table for neuro spine and on Tuesday only have Prontosan on the table for a total shoulder and literally nothing for an I&D but a sterile bottle of Prontosan. We’re making 1L bags out of 3L bags via the pharmacy that only last 4 days, they question all fluids being hung on all patients now, we used to leave their fluids with their pole in their room and now we bring them. My mom just had an out patient procedure and she said she heard a nurse say “Don’t give her fluids! She doesn’t need them!” We pretty much ask case to case what to pour.

I want to hear your fluid shortage horror stories. They said this could be a while.

For that I&D, the surgeon used the whole bottle of prontosan… so when the PA asked for a wet and a dry I said… we only got dry… we’re famished (I meant to say in a drought). Then someone said to spit on it… and then hawk tuah jokes started happening. I love my job, but this fluid shortage sucks.