Baxter to Scale Up PVC Intravenous Bag Recycling Program
Successful pilot program with Northwestern Medicine will expand to additional units and health systems.
announced the completion of the first phase of its intravenous (IV) bag recycling pilot program. Launched in conjunction with Northwestern Medicine, more than six tons of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) IV bag waste was successfully diverted from landfill to be recycled.
“Across the country, hundreds of thousands of IV bags are used every day. Baxter is a proud manufacturer and supplier of these bags, which are ubiquitous in hospital care — particularly single-use plastic containers that provide patients clinically essential solutions, including fluids, nutrition and medicines,” says Cecilia Soriano, president of Baxter’s Infusion Therapies and Technologies division.
