The Food and Drug Administration Dec. 4 announced empty IV bags have been added to its Medical Device Shortages List, and that the shortage is estimated to last through March. Bags of all sizes are in ...

Avoid driving a car, operating machinery, and participating in activities requiring alertness or coordination until you know how this antibiotic affects you. Gemifloxacin can also make your skin ...

Several factors influence the choice of antibiotics and the decision concerning if or when to switch from intravenous to oral antibiotics in the course of managing patients with community-acquired ...

"Making sure patients have the right drug at the right dose for the right indication, the right route, whether that be an oral pill or an IV antibiotic or a topical and for the right duration ...

However, cellulitis will only heal if you take oral antibiotics as prescribed. In some cases, the first medication may not work. If that happens, your healthcare provider may use injectable or ...

Nausea, unpleasant taste, or headache may occur. If any of these effects last or get worse, tell your health care professional. Remember that this medication has been prescribed because your ...

ISMP has learned of another challenge in this area with intravenous radiographic ... for the filling of empty sterile syringes. The PBP closure shall be penetrated only one time after constitution ...

Baxter has resumed production on all of its 3-liter irrigation and peritoneal dialysis solutions manufacturing lines, the company announced Dec. 5. The company noted that despite production resuming ...

Parents were given the choice of having their child’s appendix removed, or to have them treated with IV antibiotics for at least 24 hours to see if surgery could be avoided. Nearly two-thirds ...