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09/20/17 BG -- new amiodarone (Nexterone) package LOOK ALIKE with CarDENE IV package

From: Becky Ginn
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 4:11 PM
To: Pharmacy HHWC; PharmTechs Main Central; Pharmacists Main Central
Subject: new amiodarone (Nexterone) package LOOK ALIKE with CarDENE IV package

Please be alert to the package similarities between these two!! The Nexterone has gone live today, and both are loaded in many Pyxis machines. Be cautious with the carousel returns also.

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Becky Ginn, Pharm.D.
Huntsville Hospital






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