According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the amount of naloxone dispensed from retail pharmacies steadily increased from 2012 to 2018. However, pharmacies still only dispensed an average of one naloxone prescription for every 69
The same concerns about preventing the spread of bloodborne pathogens extend to insulin administration. Insulin pens — which contain several doses of insulin that patients can administer to themselves — should never be shared, according to the FDA and CDC. When clinicians assign them to patients,...