During labor, misoprostol is typically kept at the patient\u2019s bedside, she said. Under the new state law, the medication must be stored in a locked cabinet, potentially on a different floor of the hospital, and will require a nurse to order the drug, enter a code and retrieve it, she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven if that adds a few minutes \u2014 which it will \u2014 in the setting of a life-threatening hemorrhage, minutes are really important,\u201d Avegno said. \u201cWe already have a maternal health crisis in Louisiana, as we do in the rest of America. This will not make it better.\u201d<\/p>\n
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