Hospitals will still have enough IV bags for treatments, the health minister has assured, but admits health systems are not "out of the woods" over a possible shortage.
An increase in demand and manufacturing constraints had seen a global shortage of IV bags, leading to concerns hospitals could run out.
While Health Minister Mark Butler announced in August Australia had secured 22 million extra IV bags in the next six months, 19 million of those would be the same amount the health system would normally receive in that time period, the ABC has reported.
