Focus on Safe Postpartum Hemorrhage Med Storage

December 2024

Recent news about states reclassifying misoprostol as a controlled substance is readdressing how to stock postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) meds.

Misoprostol is now a C-IV med in Louisiana due to changes in abortion laws...and it’s too soon to say if other states will follow suit or how it will impact PPH treatment.

Around 5% of pregnant patients will have PPH. It can cause shock and death if undertreated. In fact, it led to 1 in 10 pregnancy-related deaths in 2020.

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Focus on Safe Postpartum Hemorrhage Med Storage

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