However, CEO Joe Almeida stressed that the earliest that new products could start to ship from the plant is late November.

Hospitals want the Biden administration to shore up supplies of IV bags after a North Carolina factory closed from Hurricane ...

The plant, owned by Baxter International, manufactures roughly half the nation’s supply of what’s called peritoneal dialysis fluid, a critical component of a treatment used by about 80,000 ...

Its behavior as an inert, semipermeable membrane and the use of "idealized extracellular fluid" as a dialyzing solution allow removal of undesired solutes and fluid from the body and allow ...

Along with IV fluids, the North Carolina Baxter facility also made specialty fluids, such as peritoneal dialysis fluid as ...

Damage from Hurricane Helene caused a production halt at the largest manufacturer of IV fluid and intravenous solutions in the U.S. Now hospitals and government agencies are scrambling to cope with ...

Flooding from Hurricane Helene led to the damage and closure of a Baxter International manufacturing plant in North Carolina ...

The company, which is a key producer for American healthcare providers, was hit by the hurricane when it tore through western ...

THIS MORNING, THE CDC SENT A HEALTH ALERT PROVIDING ALTERNATIVES TO DIALYSIS CLINICS AND PERITONEAL PATIENTS THAT TYPE OF TREATMENT REQUIRES A LOT OF IV FLUIDS, ADVISING THEM TO IMPLEMENT AN ...