FDA recalls blood pressure medication over cholesterol drug contamination

Glenmark's Ziac blood pressure tablets contaminated with cholesterol drug ezetimibe prompts FDA recall affecting multiple ...
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Recall issued for blood pressure medication over possible cholesterol drug contamination

Neither the FDA nor Glenmark Pharmaceuticals have issued guidance for consumers who may have the medication involved in this ...

US FDA qualifies first AI tool to help speed liver disease drug development

Food and Drug Administration has qualified the first artificial intelligence tool designed ​to help doctors assess a severe form of ‌fatty liver disease in drug trials, the agency said on Monday. Now, ...

Blood pressure medication recalled for potential cross-contamination, reports say

Blood pressure medicine has been recalled because it may be cross-contaminated with another medication, according to reports.

Blood pressure medication recalled over contamination concerns

The FDA classified the recall as Class III, its lowest-risk category, indicating the contaminated medication is unlikely to ...

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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...

Trump admin says drug price negotiations will save Medicare roughly $12 billion

Medicare will save approximately $12 billion, or 44%, on 15 high-cost medications as a result of the second round of the program’s drug price negotiations, the Trump administration announced Tuesday ...
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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 ...