Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
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Feature Story |
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Congress, FDA Should Look to Existing Technology to Make Pharmacy Compounding Safer
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 ..
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