Healthcare Professionals

Committed to helping you meet the evolving challenges and opportunities in patient care.

Healthcare Professionals
  • Critical Care

    Providing innovative therapies and technologies to help you treat patients with life-threatening illnesses in the ICU.

  • Hospital Care

    From the pharmacy to the bedside, we help you maximize safety, streamline processes and build cost efficiency throughout the hospital.

  • Nutritional Care

    Acute and chronic nutritional care for your patients who are unable to get adequate nutrients orally or enterally.

  • Renal Care

    Pioneering innovation in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis to help you achieve better outcomes for your patients.

  • Surgical Care

    Delivering innovative surgical products that help you operate with confidence, precision and speed.

Perspectives

For more than 85-years, we have worked at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives.

Perspectives

Our Story

Our more than 85-year heritage gives us distinct perspective on the needs of patients and caregivers. We lead today by putting those insights to work to deliver new, better healthcare solutions and access to care in the communities where we live and work.

Our Story
  • Our Governance

    We are proud of our strong commitment to maintaining the highest standards of corporate governance.

  • Fueling Collaborative Innovation

    Nurturing a culture of innovation is critical to delivering on our mission to save and sustain lives. We partner with the healthcare community to continually find more efficient, smarter ways to help solve the world's most pressing healthcare challenges.

  • Corporate Responsibility

    We are committed to doing business the right way, ensuring that we champion our employees, our communities, our customers and patients, and our environment in everything we do.

  • Inclusion & Diversity

    We are committed to attracting, motivating and retaining an inclusive and diverse workforce.

  • Our History

    For more than 85 years, we’ve been focused on saving and sustaining lives and elevating patient care.

Patients

Helping you reach a healthy life, full of possibility.

Patients
  • Critical Care

    When every moment counts, our therapies help healthcare specialists provide life-sustaining treatment to you or your loved one.

  • Hospital Care

    From the pharmacy to the bedside, we support you and your healthcare providers with IV medications and infusion technologies designed with safety in mind.

  • Nutritional Care

    When medical conditions prevent you from adequately feeding yourself, we provide life-saving clinical nutrition options to help you regain or maintain your health.

  • Renal Care

    Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an ongoing journey. While every journey is unique, Baxter is with you every step of the way, providing options to meet your lifestyle needs.

  • Surgical Care

    We partner with surgical teams around the world so they can operate with confidence, precision and speed for a successful outcome to your surgery.

Peritoneal Dialysis Therapy Provides Patient Opportunity to Serve His Community in More Ways Than One

For more than 20 years in Tomioka City, in the Gunma region in Japan, Hitoshi has found joy in selling gelato cups that are famous for their rich taste and locally sourced ingredients.

However, at age 40, Hitoshi’s life took a turn when his doctor informed him his kidneys were failing due to high blood pressure, a previous heart attack and a recent coronary bypass surgery. Determined to remain working in order to manage his thriving business, Hitoshi’s doctor presented him with an opportunity to initiate therapy on a Baxter automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) system, which allows patients to manage their care at home, typically while they sleep so they can have their days free from therapy.

“Before my diagnosis, I had just bought a new ice-cream maker that came with financial obligations that would require me to continue working into my early seventies,” said Hitoshi. “When I learned that I would be able to conduct my dialysis at night on APD therapy, I agreed on the treatment without hesitation.”

PD therapy also allowed him to focus on another passion, which is helping to reinvigorate his hometown of Kanra. Hitoshi has forged countless initiatives to help foster local youth and create a better lifestyle for all residents. His diverse activity set includes creating a local soccer team, holding theater performances, and working as an administrative counselor for the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He was also recently appointed chairman of the town’s newly established Administrative Appeal council.

“I believe real community development is about creating a town where people can imagine spending their lives,” Hitoshi said.

I want other people struggling with the same illness to look at how I lived my life, and think about the opportunities that lay before them as well. Life is for enjoying, and hardships are just a natural obstacle to overcome before you can smile again.

Hitoshi, Peritoneal Dialysis Patient

Baxter Japan to Introduce New APD System with Telehealth Capabilities

Kaguya Automated Peritoneal Dialysis SystemNearly 40,000 patients initiate dialysis in Japan annually. Baxter is committed to supporting the  growing number of renal patients with new innovations, such as the KAGUYA automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) system with SHARESOURCE remote patient management.1 The APD system was designed to create greater access to renal therapy in the home. KAGUYA provides patient-friendly features like voice guidance and animated graphics, and includes a touch screen that guides patients through the steps of their daily treatment. SHARESOURCE is a two-way, cloud-based telehealth platform that allows the patient’s healthcare providers to remotely view and manage their therapy. Baxter Japan plans to launch the system in late 2017.