Presbyterian, the state’s largest hospital system, is limiting the amount of IV fluid it uses in its hospitals, attributing Hurricane Helene to creating a national shortage. A Presbyterian email sent to staff that the Journal obtained lists multiple strategies to mitigate the volume of IV fluid used, including switching patients from IV to oral fluids whenever possible, replacing fluids in 72-hour intervals, changing the methods of administration and “using the smallest volume of IV fluids for required indication.”