Melissa McGivney, PharmD, FAPhA, FCCP, discusses her career journey from her local pharmacy to a national leadership role with the American Pharmacists Association.
|Articles|October 25, 2012
CDC guidance changes in monitoring asymptomatic patients from meningitis outbreaks
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its recommendations for managing asymptomatic cases associated with the meningitis outbreak that has sickened 317 patients and been linked to the deaths of 24 in 17 states.
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