Baxter has issued updates surrounding its North Cove manufacturing site, which was shut down as a result of rain and storm surge from Hurricane Helene.
Baxter does “not yet have a timeline for when operations will be back up and running” at the site. They have also established an “employee assistance center a few miles from our plant where we are offering employees access to generators, laundry machines, showers and basic supplies, including food, water and toiletries.”
About 500 workers are already in action to assess the full extent of the damage to the site. Bridges to the site were damaged in the storm, and work is being done on “re-establishing the County-maintained bridge. This will allow us to both transport remediation equipment to the site and get some finished goods that were stored in trailers and not impacted by the storm to our customers and patients.”
Limits have also been established on what a customer can order in order to appropriately manage inventory and minimize disruption to patient care. The current allocation “includes saline, dextrose and PD solution products manufactured in all sizes. Working with FDA, [they] will also leverage Baxter’s global manufacturing network to help mitigate potential supply impact as [they] continue efforts to restore North Cove’s manufacturing operations.”
