Enhancing PN Safety Amid Ongoing Shortages

Pharmacists managing patients on parenteral nutrition (PN) are accustomed to dealing with shortages; these medications have been atop the FDA and ASHP drug shortage lists for years. But the problem intensified with the one-two punch of last September’s Hurricane Helene forcing the temporary shutdown of the Baxter plant in North Cove, N.C., that produces 60% of the country’s IV fluids, and the October announcement by CVS Health that its Coram infusion pharmacy