DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - The Texas Medical Board suspended a Richardson anesthesiologist's license after it was determined he could pose "a continuing threat to public welfare." Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr.

The global non-PVC IV bags market size was US$ 1.6 billion in 2021. The global non-PVC IV bags market is forecast to grow to US$ 4.1 billion by 2030 by growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) ...

Hospitals nationwide are dealing with a shortage of IV saline and other products like mini IV bags. The FDA says the shortages are a result of Hurricane Maria that hit Puerto Rico in September. Baxter ...

Students in the Johns Hopkins University Mechanical Engineering Senior Design program have developed a prototype for a product to prevent an IV bag and line from freezing in the field. The project was ...

Dr. Raynaldo Riviera Ortiz argued that one man's emotional testimony about watching his wife die shouldn't have been included ...

A jury convicted an anesthesiologist for injecting dangerous drugs into IV bags, causing one death and numerous injuries, the Justice Department said April 12. Raynaldo Riviera Ortiz Jr., MD, 60, was ...

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals will sell injectable ibuprofen in a ready-to-use IV bag. The product is designed to reduce opioid use in hospitals and prevent addiction. A Nashville pharmaceutical company ...

DALLAS -- A Dallas anesthesiologist was arrested Wednesday on federal criminal charges for allegedly injecting nerve blocking agents and other drugs into patient IV bags at a surgery center, resulting ...

A Dallas-area anesthesiologist with a lengthy disciplinary record is accused of tampering with intravenous bags, resulting in one death and other major medical episodes. Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr. is ...

A Dallas anesthesiologist was sentenced to 190 years in prison Wednesday after prosecutors say he tampered with patient IV bags, injecting them with drugs that led to the death of his colleague. U.S.

It’s usually one of the first items you’ll see after you enter a hospital room: a small, clear plastic bag filled with a saline or sugar-water solution, hanging above a loved one’s bed. But a serious ...

A mislabeled overwrap and a difference of two lowercase letters on an intravenous bag have prompted a national alert after a nurse administered the medication and, 15 minutes later, the patient’s ...