In the early months of 2018, a shortage of hyperbaric bupivacaine swept across the country affecting anesthesiology departments and health-system pharmacies. Anesthesiologists were particularly affected, as practice standards were undercut by the shortage. But the shortage was not limited to one drug or one specialty. Providers and patients alike struggled with shortages in everything from saline solutions to crucial oncology drugs.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019