Can food cause harm? That’s the provocative question Rita K. Jew, PharmD, MBA, BCPPS, asked during her keynote address at the ASPEN 2024 Nutrition Science & Practice Conference, in Tampa, Fla.
Dr. Jew, the president of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), was specifically referring to the macro- and micronutrients compounded into parenteral nutrition (PN) solutions. Her answer, which she made clear in a series of graphic cases drawn