IV fluids: Supporting essential patient care

Fluids are essential in modern healthcare. They help maintain hydration, fluid and electrolyte balance, and circulation, but they also enable many other treatments: they can serve as carrier solutions or solvents for intravenous drug reconstitution and administration, and they support clinical procedures such as irrigation or compounding. Our portfolio also includes sterile infusion and irrigation solutions (and injectables) that healthcare professionals rely on every day across emergency departments, operating rooms, intensive care units, wards, and other healthcare settings.

IV fluids portfolio

Healthcare providers use IV fluids daily to help manage patient dehydration, fluid imbalances, blood loss, and other conditions that require maintenance therapy or volume replacement. In emergency and acute care settings, timely access to appropriate fluid administration can be critical to patient management and recovery.

IV fluids are among the most widely used infusion solutions in modern healthcare settings because they support a broad range of clinical needs, from routine hydration to emergency intervention. They help healthcare professionals maintain fluid and electrolyte balance, support circulation, and provide a vehicle for administering medications. As healthcare systems treat growing numbers of patients with acute and chronic conditions requiring infusions, the need for standard IV fluid administrations remains essential.

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IV fluids portfolio

We support healthcare professionals in delivering patient care across diverse treatment settings, helping provide ensure IV fluids where they are needed. Our comprehensive portfolio of IV fluids includes:

  • (Multi) Electrolyte solutions
  • Glucose solutions
  • Concentrated carbohydrate solutions
  • Reconstitution solutions for medication administration
  • Volume replacement solutions

Together, these products support a wide range of applications across the continuum of care.

Supporting a broad range of clinical needs

Fresenius Kabi provides a comprehensive, indication-specific range of IV fluids and irrigation solutions in various container types and sizes, including state-of-the-art, PVC- and DEHP-free options such as the freeflex® infusion bag and the KabiPac® infusion bottle as well as plastic ampoules.

Product availability and indications for use may vary by country.

FAQ

IV fluids are sterile solutions administered through a vein to help maintain hydration, fluid balance, and carrier solution for medicinal drugs.

IV fluids are used across healthcare settings, including emergency care, surgery, intensive care, and other situations where fluid replacement or maintenance therapy may be required and as carrier solution for administration of medicinal drugs.

Fluid therapy supports essential care by helping manage hydration, electrolyte balance, and circulation. These solutions can also serve as carrier or solvent solutions for medicines and include irrigation solutions for clinical procedures.