Showing posts with label Make compound drugs safer Automated systems reduce human error risk. Show all posts
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Friday, April 19, 2013

Make compound drugs safer Automated systems reduce human error risk Apr. 19, 2013 5:46 AM


Last fall’s deadly meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated steroid injections is a tragic reminder of the risk of errors inherent in manual pharmacy medication compounding. Unsanitary conditions at the Massachusetts compounding pharmacy that made the injections resulted in fungal contamination of the drugs. The resulting outbreak sickened more than 700 people in 20 states and killed more than 50.
Tennessee, where the unusual cases of meningitis first came to light, was particularly hard hit. One of only two states with more than 100 cases linked to the contaminated injections, Tennessee has seen 150 cases of illness to date and 15 deaths. New maladies related to the injections continue to be diagnosed six months later.
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