The Institute for Safe Medication Practices surveyed 715 hospital-based pharmacists and pharmacy managers and found 96 percent of respondents believe a CMS mandate to follow FDA-approved drug labels and expiration dates exacerbate the drug shortage, according to an American Medical News report.
Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on the drug shortage.
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