A pediatrician asked a pharmacist to order some vaccines....
Sounds like the start of a good joke. But it is not.
The drug wholesaler's (and there are three) websites and search engines for finding products are almost useful.
Example:
Nearly all healthcare workers refer to the Measles Mumps Rubella vaccine as "MMR."
Yet a search for that drug in a prominent wholesaler order database comes up empty. EM-TEE.
To order an MMR one has to enter "M-M-R II" as there is no boolean option, no list of common vaccines, no amazon style "other health care providers who shopped for vaccines bought..."
You just have to know. Or spend a half hour on the phone to find out. And then you know.
"W-T-F-!!"
Sounds like the start of a good joke. But it is not.
The drug wholesaler's (and there are three) websites and search engines for finding products are almost useful.
Example:
Nearly all healthcare workers refer to the Measles Mumps Rubella vaccine as "MMR."
Yet a search for that drug in a prominent wholesaler order database comes up empty. EM-TEE.
To order an MMR one has to enter "M-M-R II" as there is no boolean option, no list of common vaccines, no amazon style "other health care providers who shopped for vaccines bought..."
You just have to know. Or spend a half hour on the phone to find out. And then you know.
"W-T-F-!!"
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