Wow, Rose. Good find. That is on every crash cart, in every OR, in every paramedic’s drug box. It’s amazing that we are considered a modern first-world country, yet we have shortages of critical drugs (generic heart and diabetes medications as well as things like sodium bicarb) due to lack of competition.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170526/NEWS/170529910?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20170526-NEWS-170529910&utm_campaign=hits
Baking soda shortage
Wow, Rose. Good find. That is on every crash cart, in every OR, in every paramedic’s drug box. It’s amazing that we are considered a modern first-world country, yet we have shortages of critical drugs (generic heart and diabetes medications as well as things like sodium bicarb) due to lack of competition.