Healthcare workers are being told to limit the use of epidurals for obstetric patients amid a global shortage.
The global shortage which has only recently reached Australian hospitals has forced healthcare workers to limit the use of epidural kits to obstetric patients only.
A spokesperson for the Therapeutic Goods Administration told the Sydney Morning Herald that the TGA received an alert from overseas on July 18 acknowledging a shortage of the medication worldwide.
The alert outlined “temporary supply issues affecting particular brands of epidural kits in overseas markets”.
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