The plant makes 60% of the United States' supply of IV fluids and peritoneal dialysis (PD) solutions, according to the American Hospital Association. Bengaluru: Medical device maker Baxter ...

Chris DeRienzo, chief physician executive for the American Hospital Association. Baxter has limited the fluids supplies it sends to distributors and health systems. Baxter, a medical equipment ...

Baxter provides around 60% of the country's IV fluid supply. It's plant in North Cove, NC was shut down by damage from Hurricane Helene. A nationwide shortage of intravenous (IV) fluids persists ...

The storm flooded a Baxter International factory in North Carolina that was making 60% of the national supply of IV fluids, which are used routinely during many surgeries and procedures.

Baxter International plans to exit China’s intravenous fluids market, multiple local media outlets report, citing a letter to distributors. A Baxter spokesperson confirmed the decision to Fierce ...

It may be mid- to late-November before IV fluid products from Baxter International Inc.’s Marion plant make their way back into the marketplace. The North Cove plant experienced significant ...

According to Baxter International, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the change, allowing for fluids to be used up to two years after manufacturing instead of the typical one year.

The Food and Drug Administration approved changing the expiration date on multiple types of intravenous and sterile fluids made by Baxter International earlier this week, the company said in a ...

It may be mid- to late-November before IV fluid products from Baxter International Inc.’s Marion plant make their way back into the marketplace. The North Cove plant experienced significant flooding ...

Hurricane Helene is to blame, as the biggest supplier of fluids, Baxter, was forced to close its manufacturing site in North Carolina due to severe storm surge and flood damage. The FDA and US ...

The site typically provides about 60% of IV fluids to hospitals across the US, and the disruptions have led to multiple new shortages. Some manufacturing at the plant resumed this week ...