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Law Practice

Oct. 23, 2008

Systemwide Flaws Plagued Heparin Recall

After recall alerts about heparin began pouring in from across the country, pharmacists at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center did what hundreds of other facilities in California did in March:

By Evan George
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - After recall alerts about heparin began pouring in from across the country, pharmacists at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center did what hundreds of other facilities in California did in March: They scoured medicine cabinets, whisked tainted heparin away from patients and sailed it back to their distributor for disposal.

Officials at UCSF say they acted fast and caught ev...

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