Generally, we would order two cases at a time, which would be 48 bags. Now, we’re getting six bags,” Dr. Jolliffe said.

The Baxter North Cove facility in Marion ... The North Carolina facility is responsible for an estimated 1.5 million IV bags a day, roughly 60% of IV bag supply in the United States.

In a similar situation in 2017, a Baxter plant in Puerto Rico that manufactured small IV bags shut down after the island ...

When Helene hit western N.C. in late September, a levee breach flooded Baxter Healthcare ... which makes roughly 60% of IV fluids in the U.S, around 1.5 million bags per day.