Pharmacy staff who prepare IV drugs inside hospitals are the latest health care workers decrying a shortage of masksas they scramble to prepare medications for patients with everything from cancer to COVID-19.The staffers wear surgical masks while preparing liquid medications injected into patients’ veins to avoid breathing any droplets of saliva into the formulas, a crucial step in ensuring the medication remains sterile. Pharmacists are also in need of N95 masks to protect them as they counsel patients at hospitals — but tend to be behind front-line medical providers in line for protective g...
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