Hurricane Helene brought unprecedented and catastrophic flooding to western North Carolina, damaging a Baxter manufacturing site that was a major supplier of IV fluids. Hospitals across the ...

Baxter will soon deploy more than 200 plans to help mitigate the shortage and deliver fluids across the U.S. The plant aims to be at 100% production capacity at the North Cove plant by the end of ...

But this past September, the nation's supply of those critical fluids took a massive hit. That's when Hurricane Helene struck North Carolina and flooded a manufacturing site owned by the Baxter ...

The shortage came about after Hurricane Helene severely damaged the North Cove, North Carolina, manufacturing plant of Baxter International that, prior to the disaster, made 60% of the 1.5 million ...

Starting this weekend, tens of millions of product units will be imported over the coming weeks as Baxter and federal agencies try to keep hospitals stocked on essentials like IV fluid.

The establishment of the ERAS protocols catalyses the changes in the IV treatment settings and highlights the need for a ...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) is leading the New Hampshire Congressional delegation in sending a letter to Baxter International today, urging it to address IV fluid supply issues in the ...

Baxter’s manufacturing plant in North Carolina supplies 60% of the IV fluids used in hospitals nationwide. While production is slowly improving, some hospitals continue canceling elective ...

Distribution of IV fluids to most hospitals nationwide were reduced 40-60% after the nation’s largest manufacturer was hit by Hurricane Helene. The Baxter North Cove facility in Marion ...

In late September, Hurricane Helene damaged a major supplier of intravenous (IV) fluids. In this report, we follow up on what has happened since. Hurricane Helene brought unprecedented and ...