China COVID-19 shutdown leads to shortage of contrast media


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The COVID-19 shutdown in China last month has led to a global shortage of a solution needed for some critical forms of medical imaging, including CT scans, New Hampshire hospital officials said.The shortage has been developing over the past few weeks. Hospital officials said they essentially need to ration what's known as iodinated contrast media, and some hospitals have postponed all but emergency situations that require CT scans.Officials with the New Hampshire Hospital Association said the shutdown in China includes a facility that is the major U.S. supplier of a specific solution that medical staff inject into blood vessels so...