The shortage of LifeShield™ sodium bicarbonate PFS products now includes the 7.5% x 50 mL PFS. The expected resupply date is the end of October 2019 and NH may experience periods of low stock due to reduced order allocations.
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Occasionally, over the summer, some of the specialties supporting the Northern RACE may be unavailable because of vacation time. Visit the Northern RACE page to check for recent updates.
The 7th issue of the Medication Safety & Quality Newsletter is now available.
Verapamil 120 mg SR, 180 mg SR and 240 mg SR tablets are on back order from all Canadian manufacturers. We expect to stock out of 180 mg SR tablets within four weeks. Inventories of other strengths are depleting. The availability dates vary by manufacturer and strength.
The first Physician Quality Improvement (PQI) Summit was held on November 19, 2019 in Vancouver. It was attended by over 400 physicians, key partners from BC Health Authorities and the BC Ministry of Health.
Applications are now being accepted for the available 2018/2019 Seed Grants. Funding opportunities are available to a maximum of $5000 per quality improvement initiative.
The sole source vendor of EPINEPHrine 1 mg/mL X 30 mL vials is on backorder with no alternative vendors available. Further to this, the April 2019 expiry lot available has been recalled due to a potential for decreased efficacy.