IV Fluids: Wartime Powers Used to Restore North Carolina Medical Facility Damaged by Helene

Baxter International said that ‘good progress’ has been made in its efforts to restore the facility, which supplies 60 percent of the country’s IV fluids.

Debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Asheville, N.C., on Sept. 30, 2024. Mike Stewart/AP Photo

A federal health agency has invoked a wartime act to facilitate the cleanup of North Carolina’s Baxter International medical facility, the largest manufacturer of certain intravenous (IV) solutions in the United States, after it was damaged by Hurricane Helene.

Baxter International Inc. said in September that it closed its North Cove facility in Marion, North Carolina after the hurricane brought “unprecedented rain and extensive flooding.”