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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) says pharmacists in hospitals and health systems are ready to play an expanded role in patient care and medication therapy if FDA decides to designate certain prescription-only drugs as behind-the-counter (BTC) drugs.
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A federal judge suspended controversial Washington State rules that required pharmacies to dispense the Plan B emergency contraceptive.
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FDA recently announced these approvals: Novartis' Tasigna® (nilotinib) capsules has been approved by FDA for treating Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukemia in adults.
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Prompt, accurate assessment of the severity of injury and early initiation
of appropriate critical care — including adequate oxygenation,
ventilation and correction of hypotension — is of crucial importance
in preventing deaths in children with severe trauma. This article reviews
the critical aspects of airway assessment and management in the pediatric
trauma patient.
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Most cases of thrombocytopenia seen in the emergency department (ED) are expected. Patients are known to have hematological disease or are receiving chemotherapy. At times, however, the ED physician is confronted with an unexpected laboratory finding in an assymptomatic patient, or with a patient who is bleeding. The challenge, as usual, is to determine the need for acute treatment and the appropriate disposition.
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Employees have gotten very creative about diverting medications and drugs, and some are using newer anesthetics that aren't easy to test for, warns Bruce Cunha, manager of employee health and safety, and infection prevention and control, at Marshfield (WI) Clinic.
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Education is an important facet of the drug testing program at Tampa (FL) General Hospital, says JoAnn Shea, CHON-S, MS, ARNP, director of employee health services.
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Suppose your facility was the subject of a malpractice claim, and a nurse told you that the surgeon happened to be on the phone when the mistake was made that injured the patient. Surely the surgeon was talking to another physician or reviewing lab results for the patient, right?
