Reading for the supply drawer
Stockroom notes
Short pieces on the practical side of a very unglamorous product: what the numbers mean, what a container really costs, and how long it lasts.
Tube against packet: the cost per gram ledger
The same jelly sells at very different rates per gram depending on the container. The math, worked through with current numbers.
Reading the numbers on a Surgilube box
NDC codes, item numbers, and HCPCS references, and how the same digits show up scrambled across listings.
How long a tube of Surgilube lasts
Grams per use, uses per container, and the arithmetic of choosing between 2 oz, 4.25 oz, and a box of packets.
From Fougera to HR Pharmaceuticals
Ninety years of one formula under three nameplates, and why listing photos still disagree about the box.