Illinois-based Baxter has plants in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Suzhou, and Tianjin. Set up in 1998, its Shanghai factory mainly produces IV solutions, while its Guangzhou plant focuses on producing ...

Baxter's North Cove, North Carolina, facility provided about 60% of the IV solutions used across the U.S. as well as several other fluids vital to patient care, noted Nancy Foster, vice president ...

The FDA, meanwhile, has “released new guidance that eases up on rules regarding the compounding of IV solutions,” she added. “That's to make it easier for hospitals and other facilities to do this ...

Microplastics have been found almost everywhere that scientists have looked for them. Now these bits of plastic -- from 1 to 62 micrometers long -- have been found in the filtered solutions used for ...

Due to the vulnerable patient population they serve, allocations for IV solutions and nutrition products for designated children’s hospitals were increased to 100%. HHS's Administration for Strategic ...

Baxter International has increased allocations for two U.S. IV solutions to 100% following the disruption caused by Hurricane Helene at its North Cove, N.C., facility, according to a letter to ...

But experts see vulnerability in the supply chain. Bags of IV solutions take up a lot of space, and it’s expensive for ...