This week on Pharm5:

  • Concerns with HHS guidance to retail pharmacies
  • Drug overdose disparities
  • Antimicrobial resistance after COVID-19
  • Colloid v. crystalloid during cardiac surgery
  • Novavax endorsed by CDC

References:

  1. Christensen J. Biden administration says pharmacies can't turn away people who have a prescription for a drug that may end a pregnancy. CNN. https://cnn.it/3olj1id. Published July 13, 2022. Accessed July 14, 2022.
  2. ASHP response and advocacy related to recent federal guidance to "retail pharmacies" on access to Reproductive Health. ASHP. https://bit.ly/3RQHusT. Accessed July 21, 2022.
  3. Drug overdose deaths rise, Disparities Widen. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://bit.ly/3PNKSTP. Accessed July 21, 2022.
  4. U.S. must curb rising rate of resistance to antimicrobials. IDSA Home. https://bit.ly/3PKz5FS. Accessed July 21, 2022.
  5. Covid-19: U.S. impact on Antimicrobial Resistance, Special Report 2022. June 2022. doi:10.15620/cdc:117915
  6. Pesonen E, Vlasov H, Suojaranta R, et al. Effect of 4% albumin solution vs Ringer acetate on major adverse events in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. JAMA. 2022;328(3):251. doi:10.1001/jama.2022.10461
  7. CDC recommends Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine for adults. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://bit.ly/3zm4Tv4. Published July 19, 2022. Accessed July 21, 2022.

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