With no end in sight to the drug shortage crisis, hospital and health-system pharmacies have learned to rely on a variety of resources for information, ranging from the FDA’s drug shortage database to the record 323 current shortages reported by ASHP in the first quarter of 2024, to pharmacies’ own outreach to distributors and wholesalers.
“Shortage mitigation is one of the biggest issues we have facing us today,” said Paul Marcinkowski, the pharmacy