Tiny holes were also discovered in the IV bags, which also contained bupivacaine, a drug used to treat localized pain, according to WXAS-TV. According to the reports, the tainted IV bags ...

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 ...

The researchers recommend keeping IV infusion bags away from ultraviolet light and heat to reduce microplastic shedding, and they say that micrometer-level filtration systems could be used to ...

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 ...

IV bags are used for different types of dialysis procedures, surgical operations, rehydration and resuscitation. They’re also a major component of cancer treatments like chemotherapy.