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Episode 918: What Happens If You Give a Cephalosporin to a Patient With Moderate, Severe, or Unknown Beta-Lactam Allergy?

Pharmacy Joe

Furthermore, even in the event of a true and serious allergy to penicillin, cross-allergenicity with cephalosporins is low and the reaction is mediated by B-cell memory which fades over time, often within 10 years. The documented allergy was severe in nature for 13% of patients, moderate for 43%, and unknown for 44%.

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Episode 719: Peripheral Vasopressor Feasibility

Pharmacy Joe

No patient in the study cohort required treatment for extravasation, and the bedside team taking care of each patient never documented an extravasation event. The study reviewers did however note 3 possible cases of extravasation when looking back at the care team’s notes.

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Episode 661: Fentanyl Patch Safety in Hospitals

Pharmacy Joe

Documentation within the medical record. Routinely following these steps when verifying new fentanyl patch orders is likely to prevent a potentially catastrophic event by stopping the use of fentanyl patches for acute pain and in opioid-naive patients. This 3-step procedure includes: 1. Determination of indication 2.

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Sanofi offers refunds for Cablivi in novel model for rebates

Pharmaceutical Technology

In an email to Pharmaceutical Technology , he further described the therapy as “the most important advance for treatment of TTP since the documentation of effectiveness of plasma exchange in 1991”. A refund up to 12 inpatient doses will also be offered for patients whose disease worsens while receiving treatment.

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10 Opportunities to Leverage for Career Advancement

Amber

Medical Transcriptionist Transcribing medical documents is work you can do from anywhere at hours convenient for you. This role helps you master the ability to hear medical jargon and then efficiently process what you hear into documents. If you’re wanting to sharpen your medical coding skills, then this is a great role to consider.

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G6PD Deficiency - Explaining G6PD Deficiency Ramadan - Medications during Ramadan fasting Adverse Drug Reactions Adverse Drug Reactions - All adverse reactions are adverse drug event Pharmacovigilance - To detect unreported ADRs Drug Allergy - Management vary based on the signs and symptoms Medicine-induced Discolouration - Red?