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Post by ALL OUT on Jan 4, 2022 18:35:11 GMT
Anyone else hear of a nationwide shortage of bicarb and acid? We have been having issue with our 2k jugs being on back order. I'm on several Dialysis related FB pages and I'm seeing a lot of posts saying units are without and don't know where to find it.
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Post by Chuck Weddle on Jan 4, 2022 19:25:48 GMT
What I've heard is that it's only Fresenius products.
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Post by qman213 on Jan 4, 2022 20:40:09 GMT
We still use Medivators/Minntech and we've had no issues. I hope we don't.
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Post by anon’s face on Jan 5, 2022 12:18:36 GMT
What I've heard is that it's only Fresenius products. This is correct and accurate. I kid you not, right now they have biomeds working in the manufacturing plant in order to ensure granuflo production. COVID hit the plants and drivers hard, this is very dire. |
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Post by Chuck Weddle on Jan 5, 2022 12:49:37 GMT
What I've heard is that it's only Fresenius products. This is correct and accurate. I kid you not, right now they have biomeds working in the manufacturing plant in order to ensure granuflo production. COVID hit the plants and drivers hard, this is very dire. Is it just Granuflo or is NaturaLyte affected also? |
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Post by gnurk on Jan 5, 2022 13:10:09 GMT
i have heard that the big F is having numerous logistical problems from getting the chemicals to drivers to peep working at the plant
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Post by ALL OUT on Jan 5, 2022 18:11:46 GMT
That's perfect. It's all that we use. I feel like this is going to be like the toilet paper issue. I'm not going to panic just yet but.....
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Post by anon’s face on Jan 6, 2022 12:27:05 GMT
This is correct and accurate. I kid you not, right now they have biomeds working in the manufacturing plant in order to ensure granuflo production. COVID hit the plants and drivers hard, this is very dire. Is it just Granuflo or is NaturaLyte affected also? It’s affecting NaturaLyte as well as bibag. As stated by another; it wasn’t just lack of manpower but also ingredients stuck on container ships. It’s crisis level, including talks of adjusting flow rates to conserve and simply having to swap baths. |
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Post by joey on Jan 6, 2022 16:28:34 GMT
We were told it was manpower and supplies to make the product as well. Manpower being the bigger reason of the two but who knows since it's Fresenius.We ordered 8 drums and received 0 . We have already adjusted to running everyone at 500 dfr and will shorten treatments of patients who can tolerate it if needed. They are trying to figure out how many we need to stay running and creating a triage list...at least my rep is. Bicarb, dialyzers and saline have not YET been affected for us.
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Post by joey on Jan 6, 2022 16:29:39 GMT
I feel bad for anyone with little to no storage room because I try to keep at least 4 drums on hand in case a delivery does not come and that does not count what I have in the 300 gallon tank.
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Post by Chuck Weddle on Jan 6, 2022 17:55:17 GMT
This is likely going to affect everyone whether they use Fresenius products or not. Probably even worse than last year when they screwed up the sodium levels since this is affecting Granuflo also.
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Post by Chuck Weddle on Jan 6, 2022 17:58:25 GMT
I feel bad for anyone with little to no storage room because I try to keep at least 4 drums on hand in case a delivery does not come and that does not count what I have in the 300 gallon tank. Where it screws us is our acute programs. In those we use strictly gallon jugs and unfortunately its NaturaLyte, only because Fresenius does weekly deliveries. |
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Post by lost on Jan 6, 2022 19:14:37 GMT
Is this still isolated to a certain region?
I'm in the southeast and have yet to hear much or be impacted by any of this, but we use FMC products very heavily here.
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Post by joey on Jan 7, 2022 11:57:08 GMT
I feel bad for anyone with little to no storage room because I try to keep at least 4 drums on hand in case a delivery does not come and that does not count what I have in the 300 gallon tank. Where it screws us is our acute programs. In those we use strictly gallon jugs and unfortunately its NaturaLyte, only because Fresenius does weekly deliveries. Yeah We have a small acute also but we buy a drum and pump it into jugs. Citrasate and other special baths are single use but the K2 is a drum. We are lucky though that the receiving area has a spot we can stash a drum or two until it is needed. |
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Post by gnurk on Jan 7, 2022 15:36:11 GMT
i wonder if the chemistries for the patients running at 500 flow will be ok. all the studies i have heard about say that 800 flow is just wasting concentrate
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