FDA Patient Safety News is a televised series for health care personnel aimed at hospitals and other medical facilities across the country. It features information on new drugs, biologics and medical devices, on FDA safety notifications and product recalls, and on ways to protect patients when using medical products. The December 2006 edition of FDA Patient Safety News contains the following topics: - Nerve Agent Treatment Approved for Emergency Use (Duodote) - Alert on Counterfeit “One Touch” Glucose Test Strips - New Labeling Stresses Bleeding Risk from Coumadin - Possible Association between Lamictal (lamotrigine) and Cleft Lip/Palate - Roche Diagnostics Recalls CoaguChek PT Test Strips - Severe Tissue Injury with IV Promethazine - Preventing Fatal Heparin Overdoses FDA Patient Safety News: December 2006 For more information, please see our website: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/ scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/psn/transcript.cfm? show=58