Pharmacy Technician's Letter Hospital

January 2019 Issue

You can help your pharmacy optimize the benefits of keeping some inventory on consignment....

Environmental contamination that could expose staff, patients, and visitors to hazardous meds is a bigger problem than once thought....

You may see more orders for IV iron products....

A handful of recent errors will put focus on mix-ups between lamotrigine (Lamictal) and labetalol (Trandate)....

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Nuzyra
omadacycline
An oral/injectable tetracycline class antibiotic for community-acquired pneumonia and skin infections

Primatene Mist
epinephrine
An OTC oral inhaler for mild symptoms of asthma

Jivi
recombinant pegylated factor VIII
New clotting factor VIII for hemophilia