Alexander includes Tennessee health authorities in upcoming Senate hearing on meningitis outbreak

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander is inviting numerous health officials from Tennessee to submit testimony Nov. 15 to a Senate hearing looking into oversight of a Massachusetts pharmacy firm blamed as the source of contaminated injections that have killed at least 13 Tennesseans.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee's hearing will focus on "Pharmacy Compounding: Implications in the 2012 Meningitis Outbreak." The Tennessee Republican sits on the committee and will take part in the hearing, according to a news release today from Alexander's office.
Alexander said in the release that state health authorities can help members of Congress address the problem so it doesn't happen again.
Among those being invited to submit testimony, according to Alexander's office, are the Tennessee Department of Health, the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy, the Tennessee Pharmacists Association, Tennessee Medical Association and the Tennessee Hospital Association, and the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners.

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