<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000899243-21-048115.txt : 20211214
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000899243-21-048115
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20211213
FILED AS OF DATE:		20211214
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20211214

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SCHLICHTING NANCY M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001376358

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-04448
		FILM NUMBER:		211491022

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 WILMOT ROAD
		CITY:			DEERFIELD
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60015

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000010456
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		IRS NUMBER:				360781620
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE BAXTER PKWY
		STREET 2:		DF2-1W
		CITY:			DEERFIELD
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60015
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8479482000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE BAXTER PARKWAY
		STREET 2:		DF2-1W
		CITY:			DEERFIELD
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60015

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BAXTER TRAVENOL LABORATORIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19880522

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BAXTER LABORATORIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19760608
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        <issuerCik>0000010456</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BAX</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>SCHLICHTING NANCY M</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $1 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                    <value>0</value>
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    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/  Matthew Rice, as attorney in-fact for Nancy M. Schlichting</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-12-14</signatureDate>
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<PRE>
                                 POWER OF ATTORNEY

            Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Ellen K. McIntosh and Matthew Rice signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

       (1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Baxter International Inc., or any of
its direct or indirect subsidiaries (Baxter) Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder and Form 144 under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933;

       (2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
5, or 144 and complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and
timely file any such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

       (3)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause or have caused to be done by virtue of this power of
attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is Baxter assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933.

       This Power of Attorney shall supercede any power of attorney previously
granted by the undersigned with respect to the subject matter herein and shall
remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to
file Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of, and
transactions in, securities issued by Baxter, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed document delivered to Baxter.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 14 day of December 2021.



                            /s/ NANCY M. SCHLICHTING
                            ------------------------










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