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Daniel Cook | Executive Editor
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN,
CNOR
Take a Closer Look at
Ophthalmic Compounded Drugs
Here's what you can do to ensure the sterility, potency and
purity of the outsourced injections you use in your facility.
I
f all you know about compounding pharmacies is what
you've read in the news, recent headlines have probably left
you shaken. After all, a compounding pharmacy prepared the
epidural steroid injections for patients with back pain that
led to a 2012 meningitis outbreak that killed dozens and sick-
ened hundreds. And this year, a compounding pharmacy prepared
the "dropless" steroid-antibiotic combinations that diminished the
visual function of more than 40 patients who received the intravitreal
• INJECTION TROUBLE A compounded steroid-antibiotic for-
mulation may be the cause of vision loss in dozens of patients
who underwent surgery at 2 Dallas-area surgery centers.
