Emergency Departments Struggle With Growing Drug Shortages

Name: Emergency Departments Struggle With Growing Drug Shortages
Uploaded: 2011-08-29T20:00:00Z
Duration: P97S
Description: The number of medications on the Food and Drug Administration's shortage list keeps growing. And while calcium chloride and potassium phosphate aren't drug names the average American would recognize, they're critical to patients visiting the emergency room every day.

Clip: 08/29/2011 | 1m 37s

The number of medications on the Food and Drug Administration's shortage list keeps growing. And while calcium chloride and potassium phosphate aren't drug names the average American would recognize, they're critical to patients visiting the emergency room every day.

Aired: 08/29/11

Rating: NR

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Emergency Departments Struggle With Growing Drug Shortages

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