Previous research has identified IV tubing as a particular culprit in this exposure. Researchers make disturbing discovery ...

The company believes healthcare providers can distinguish the lines more easily and trace the colored IV tubing from the patient to the source bag with a similarly colored label. On the plus side ...

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, ...

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 ...