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BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.

Manufacturer adverse-event records for BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. 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 · 2001–2026 · thin-book · typical Death-code · injury-light

Volume signature

BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. is a thinner MAUDE footprint

BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. accounts for 4,909 FDA MAUDE reports (#377 of 434, thin-book tercile). Death-coded event_type share is 0.18% (typical); Injury share 1.8% (injury-light).

What the volume reading shows for BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.

The standout signal for BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. is filing volume: 4,909 adverse-event reports in FDA MAUDE (#377 of 434, thin-book). Death-coded event_type share sits at 0.18% (typical).

As a thinner-book manufacturer, a handful of device families can swing the totals; open the device table rather than reading the company headline alone. Event_type counts are not the same population as Patient Outcomes.

Reports span 20 device types, led in this extract by Malfunction at 4,809 (98.0% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 3,868 reports across 14 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

4,909
Total Reports
9
Event-type Death
87
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Malfunction 4,809 (98.0%)
Injury 87 (1.8%)
Death 9 (0.2%)
No answer provided 2 (0.0%)
1 (0.0%)
Other 1 (0.0%)

Patient Outcomes

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

4,718 (95.6%)
Other 123 (2.5%)
Required Intervention 37 (0.7%)
Life Threatening 14 (0.3%)
R 13 (0.3%)
Death 9 (0.2%)
Hospitalization 8 (0.2%)
L 4 (0.1%)
D 3 (0.1%)
H 3 (0.1%)
O 2 (0.0%)

Devices (20)

Device Reports
Pump, Infusion 2,894
Set, Administration, For Peritoneal Dialysis, Disposable 891
Set, Administration, Intravascular 661
System, Peritoneal, Automatic Delivery 317
Container, I.V. 40
Set, Blood Transfusion 35
Set, I.V. Fluid Transfer 21
Stopcock, I.V. Set 14
Dialyzer, High Permeability With Or Without Sealed Dialysate System 8
Infusion Safety Management Software 8
Filter, Infusion Line 6
Apparatus, Suction, Single Patient Use, Portable, Nonpowered 3
System, Irrigation, Urological 3
Syringe, Piston 2
Catheter, Embolectomy 1
Device, Anastomotic, Microvascular 1
Labor And Delivery Kit 1
Sealant, Polymerizing 1
System, Hemodialysis, Remote Accessories 1
System/Device, Pharmacy Compounding 1

Yearly Trend

01
2001: 1
06
2006: 1
14
2014: 1
16
2016: 5
17
2017: 23
18
2018: 30
19
2019: 11
20
2020: 24
21
2021: 70
22
2022: 164
23
2023: 437
24
2024: 3,868
25
2025: 251
26
2026: 23

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