Every day, millions of patients and caregivers rely on Baxter’s leading portfolio of hospital products. Our commitment to the environment, focus on quality, and global reach within the area of anesthetics is your guarantee of a strong partner. With Baxter as your provider, you can expect consistency, commitment and high quality by design.
Anesthesia facts & figures
Baxter offers a wide range of medication used in all stages of anesthesia and adjuvants, including injectables, inhaled anesthetics, and a PONV patch.
Baxter’s 2030 corporate responsibility goal: Achieve carbon neutrality for our direct operations by 2040 and reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions 25% by 2030, aligned with a well-below 2⁰ Celsius science-based target. (Baseline is 2020.)1
Baxter reduces the amount of materials used in packaging and substitutes with environmentally preferable alternatives when possible. Baxter’s aluminum bottles of inhaled anesthetics are 100% recyclable.2,3
Baxter – committed to advancing anesthesia
Why choose Baxter as your trusted partner?
At Baxter, we are committed to serving the anesthesia community with a wide product range used for all stages of anesthesia, consistently and at the high quality standards that you and your patients deserve. We strive to always deliver:
High product quality and leadership
Baxter is currently the manufacturer and supplier of all three modern inhaled agents.4-6
• Suprane (desflurane, USP)
• Sevoflurane, USP Baxter
• AErrane (isoflurane, USP)
New innovation in container design: aluminum matters
Experience the benefits of our lightweight and virtually unbreakable containers with a unique design made of recyclable aluminum.4-10
Global support and training
We support our customers with a variety of hands-on training, simulation centre workshops, and peer-to-peer education for healthcare professionals around the world.
Beyond anesthetics - Global support and training
At Baxter, we seek to deliver the highest possible quality and product performance to our customers. That is why we invest in our customers and suppliers through continuous support, training and quality testing.
Rigorous Baxter qualification program
Baxter’s rigorous chemical compatibility and functional testing and supplier quality audit programs assure the quality and performance of all vaporisers provided to our customers. We assure reliable equipment to support the delivery of our product to your patients.
Ongoing customer support
Our team is not only available for ongoing support, but we also provide vaporiser training resources to help your processes remain smooth and simple. If there is ever a failure, we keep local swap pools and can supply replacement technology.
Baxter vaporiser placement program
Baxter is committed to offering high quality vaporizers placement programs to hospitals as part of the purchase of Baxter inhaled anesthetics.
Latest technology, trusted manufacturers
Baxter partners with the top vaporiser manufacturers. Our decision to work with trusted suppliers ensures we’re able to equip all operating rooms with the latest technology of vaporisers, with high reliability, low failure rates, and straightforward use.
We are committed to the environment
For more than 85 years, Baxter has been making a meaningful difference for patients and creating lasting social, environmental, and economic value in the communities we serve. Our commitment to innovation is reflected in our portfolio of life-saving and sustaining products, our emphasis on environmental stewardship, and our uncompromising dedication to responsible business practices.
We do our best to support the patients, clinicians and communities that depend on us, which is why our dedication to corporate responsibility has defined and guided Baxter for decades. Baxter Anesthesia continuously innovates within anesthetics to advance anesthesiologists and their patients’ satisfaction where safety, quality and the environment is at the forefront of our products and designs. We believe in a circular product life cycle to optimize value derived from materials and reduce Baxter’s environmental footprint.
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