Thu.May 16, 2024

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Racemic Epinephrine is on a national shortage in the United States (May 2024)

PEMBlog

Racepinephrine (Racemic epinephrine) is used for croup patients who have stridor at rest and post extubation stridor. It is currently on national shortage and many facilities have a very limited supply of the nebules on hand. In times of shortage, intravenous EPINEPHRINE 1 mg/mL can be utilized as a nebulized solution in place of racepinephrine using the dosing of 0.5 mg/kg to a max of 5 mg.

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Residency and Fellowship Training Discounts on Disability Insurance

LeverageRx

Younger and healthier physicians typically pay less for disability insurance. When you buy a policy at a younger age, your rates stay low.

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Hospitals: Do You Know Where Your Controlled Substances Are?

FDA Law Blog

By Larry K. Houck — Employee diversion of controlled substances from hospitals has been an issue since at least 1986 when I became a diversion investigator with the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”). But there has been a recent string of large civil monetary settlements, some in the millions of dollars, to resolve allegations that hospitals’ non-compliance with the federal Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) and DEA regulations allowed employees to divert staggering quantities of controlled

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Why Resident Physicians Need the Disability Insurance

LeverageRx

Residents, being at the early stages of their medical career, have the ability to earn a high income for the rest of their career.