Emergency Departments Struggle With Growing Drug Shortages
Clip: 8/29/2011 | 1m 37s
Headline: Emergency Departments Struggle With Growing Drug Shortages
The number of medications on the Food and Drug Administration's shortage list keeps growing. And while calcium chloride and potassium phosphate aren't drug names the average American would recognize, they're critical to patients visiting the emergency room every day.
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Emergency Departments Struggle With Growing Drug Shortages
Clip: 8/29/2011 | 1m 37s
The number of medications on the Food and Drug Administration's shortage list keeps growing. And while calcium chloride and potassium phosphate aren't drug names the average American would recognize, they're critical to patients visiting the emergency room every day.
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