Medication Errors caused by incorrect data entry into intravenous medication infusion devices are the subject of more adverse event reports to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration than any other medical technology. The Association for the Advancement of Medical...
Month: January 2014
Compounding Pharmacy Causes Fungal Eye Infections
A single compounding pharmacy is responsible for two simultaneous outbreaks of fungal endophthalmitis caused by contamination with Fusarium mold in "sterile" Brilliant Blue G dye (BBG) made by Franck's Compounding Pharmacy located in Ocala, Florida. Nine cases of...
Surgery Not Always Better for Partial meniscal Tears
Surgery to remove partial meniscal tears does not result in better knee function than medical treatment and physical therapy alone. Arthroscopic partial meniscectomies are one of the most common orthopedic procedures performed each year in the United States at a cost...
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