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BAXTER HEALTHCARE

Manufacturer adverse-event records for BAXTER HEALTHCARE come from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database via openFDA, refreshed March 2026 - see our methodology. Not medical advice.

FDA MAUDE device safety record · 1992–2025 · heavy-book · elevated Death-code · balanced

Death-code intensity

BAXTER HEALTHCARE carries an elevated Death-code share

Death-coded event_type rows are 447 of 22,232 (2.01% · elevated tercile among 443 manufacturers). Absolute volume is heavy-book.

What the Death-code reading shows for BAXTER HEALTHCARE

The standout signal for BAXTER HEALTHCARE is Death-code intensity: 2.01% of 22,232 reports (elevated tercile), while absolute volume is heavy-book.

As a heavy-book manufacturer, portfolio size and reporting obligations inflate absolute counts - pair BAXTER HEALTHCARE with device-family pages before treating company totals as a safety verdict. Event_type Death and Injury are one code per report; Patient Outcomes below use a separate FDA population.

Reports span 20 device types, led in this extract by Malfunction at 14,457 (65.0% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 6,832 reports across 32 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

22,232
Total Reports
447
Event-type Death
7,224
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Malfunction 14,457 (65.0%)
Injury 7,224 (32.5%)
Death 447 (2.0%)
55 (0.2%)
Other 49 (0.2%)

Patient Outcomes

FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.

14,481 (56.6%)
Hospitalization 3,832 (15.0%)
R 3,077 (12.0%)
Required Intervention 2,294 (9.0%)
Other 1,124 (4.4%)
Death 460 (1.8%)
H 173 (0.7%)
O 58 (0.2%)
Life Threatening 31 (0.1%)
L 16 (0.1%)
S 6 (0.0%)
Disability 5 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 3 (0.0%)
Invalid Data 3 (0.0%)

Devices (20)

Device Reports
System, Peritoneal, Automatic Delivery 8,403
Set, Administration, For Peritoneal Dialysis, Disposable 7,199
Set, Administration, Intravascular 3,456
Pump, Infusion 1,867
Dialyzer, High Permeability With Or Without Sealed Dialysate System 194
Pump, Infusion, Elastomeric 136
Refrigerator, Freezer, Blood Storage 132
System, Irrigation, Urological 125
System/Device, Pharmacy Compounding 124
Set, Blood Transfusion 121
Pump, Infusion, Pca 98
Separator, Automated, Blood Cell, Diagnostic 60
Container, Empty, For Collection & Processing Of Blood & Blood Components 38
Stopcock, I.V. Set 30
System, Dialysate Delivery, Single Patient 30
Container, I.V. 27
Agent, Absorbable Hemostatic, Collagen Based 25
Prosthesis, Breast, Noninflatable, Internal, Silicone Gel-Filled 23
Dialyzer, Capillary, Hollow Fiber 18
Set, I.V. Fluid Transfer 16

Yearly Trend

92
1992: 2
93
1993: 24
94
1994: 18
95
1995: 34
96
1996: 21
97
1997: 20
98
1998: 18
99
1999: 16
00
2000: 18
01
2001: 38
02
2002: 26
03
2003: 53
04
2004: 79
05
2005: 356
06
2006: 337
07
2007: 122
08
2008: 1,774
09
2009: 295
10
2010: 286
11
2011: 2,500
12
2012: 4,507
13
2013: 6,832
14
2014: 3,740
15
2015: 578
16
2016: 487
17
2017: 25
18
2018: 11
19
2019: 1
20
2020: 8
21
2021: 1
22
2022: 3
25
2025: 2

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.