Family Care Eye Wash by United Exchange Corp: Recall

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Ovarian Cancer Screening Tests: Safety Communication

[Posted 09/07/2016] AUDIENCE: Patient, OBGYN, Oncology ISSUE: The FDA is alerting women about the risks associated with the use of tests being marketed as ovarian cancer screening tests. The Agency is especially concerned about delaying effective preventive treatments for women who show no symptoms, but who are still at increased risk for developing ovarian cancer….

Mass Spectrometers by Sciex: Safety Communication

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Opioid Pain or Cough Medicines Combined With Benzodiazepines: Drug Safety Communication

[Posted 08/31/2016] AUDIENCE: Pharmacy, Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, Neurology, Family Practice ISSUE: FDA review has found that the growing combined use of opioid medicines with benzodiazepines or other drugs that depress the central nervous system (CNS) has resulted in serious side effects, including slowed or difficult breathing and deaths.  Opioids are used to treat pain and…

Programmable Syringe Pumps: FDA Safety Communication

[Posted 08/25/2016] AUDIENCE: Nursing, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, Critical Care Medicine ISSUE: The FDA is informing health care professionals that when using programmable syringe pumps to infuse therapies at low rates (e.g., less than 5 mL per hour, and especially at flow rates of less than 0.5 mL per hour), a lack of flow continuity (i.e., inconsistent…