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C
hristina Moylan, LPN, was caught off guard when she
found out the compounding pharmacy she had spent 2
years building a great relationship with would no
longer prepare preservative-free triamcinolone ace-
tonide, which her retinal surgeons used to visualize the
posterior cortical vitreous during pars plana vitrectomy, because there
wasn't enough demand. Ms. Moylan only ordered around 10 $25 vials
a month. In search of a new pharmacy, the materials manager at the
Island Eye Surgicenter in Westbury, N.Y., decided to take a chance by
Jeannette Sabatini | Associate Editor
Shopping for a Compounding Pharmacy
Ask these 5 key questions to find the right drug supplier.
• SEE FOR YOURSELF Site visits provide an important look at the conditionof a compounder's facility and valuable insights
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