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Blood pressure medication available nationwide recalled: Which pills are affected?

The Food and Drug Administration says 11,136 bottles of a blood pressure medication sold under the brand name Ziac have been ...
Wellbeing Whisper on MSN

FDA recall of blood pressure drug: What patients must know

More than 11,000 bottles of a widely prescribed blood pressure medication have been pulled from pharmacy shelves nationwide ...

US FDA approves first drug under new fast-track review program

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved on Tuesday the first drug under its new fast-track program designed to shorten ...
Medscape

Timely Medication Administration Guidelines for Nurses: Fewer Wrong-Time Errors?

The last element of the 5 Rs -- right time -- has often been governed by the "30-minute medication rule." For as long as many nurses can remember, every hospital, unit, and nurse has passed ...

Scientists Say This Weight-Loss Drug Is Like ‘Exercise in a Pill’—But What Do Doctors Think?

An experimental new medication claims to help people lose weight without muscle loss. Here’s what you need to know about the ...

FDA’s top drug officer set to exit, weeks into new role

The US Food and Drug Administration’s longtime oncology chief has filed to retire from the agency just weeks after he was ...
Becker's ASC

A Measure of Safety: Preventing Infection During Medication Administration

The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...
Becker's ASC

CMS Issues Revised ’30-Minute Rule’ on Administration of Medication

CMS has issued a revision to its “30-minute” rule on the administration of medication in hospitals, according to a Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program blog post and a copy of the notification ...
Becker's Hospital Review

43% of Medication Errors are Due to Admin Error, Study Says

A new study by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority found that the primary reason for medication errors is administrative error. The study analyzed 800 instances ...
lex18

Kentucky schools adjust to new medication administration guidelines

ESTILL COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — As students head back to class, school districts in Kentucky are adjusting to a policy change in school medication administration. "Anytime that the laws change, KRS ...
Medscape

Timely Medication Administration Guidelines for Nurses: Fewer Wrong-Time Errors?

The ISMP guidelines are not designed to be adopted unchanged by hospitals to represent the hospital's medication administration policies. Instead, the ISMP believes that each hospital (through an ...