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Leveraging Sterile Compounding Technology and Removing Barriers to Improve Safety

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And one of the highest areas of opportunity for human error is in the sterile compounding process. The guidelines recognize IV workflow management systems as the minimum safety standard for preparing compounded preparations and IV robotics are recommended for high volume, large batch preparations.

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Why IV Automation Is Critical for Sterile Compounding

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So why, as clinicians, are we not focused on improving the documented one in 10 inaccuracies in sterile compounded products? Dave has been a leader in adoption of IV automation and will share how IV compounding robot and iv workflow solutions are improving safety and helping to reduce errors across all areas of sterile compounding.

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Adopting Automation Supports Safer, More Efficient Sterile Compounding

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Dennis Wright Senior Director, Central Pharmacy Dispensing Services, Omnicell As disruption and uncertainty in the supply of IV medications from outsourced compounding facilities continues, health system pharmacies should reevaluate how they are managing sterile compounding needs. 23 at 1 pm ET.

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Manual IV Compounding – a Potential Recipe for Disaster?

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Dennis Killian, PharmD, PhD Vice President of Clinical Operations, TidalHealth Early on in my hospital pharmacy career, I had the pleasure of working with several tenured pharmacy leaders who were winding down their careers as staff pharmacists. One of these pharmacists had served as the CEO for a local hospital.

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Reducing Drug Spend with IV Robotic Services

Omnicell

Sterile compounding is also one of the costliest functions in pharmacy operations. Still, many hospital pharmacies continue to struggle to improve safety and efficiency in their sterile compounding operations. Insourcing IV compounding services at Moses H. Insourcing IV compounding services at Moses H.

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Driving Pharmacy Value Through Robotics and Connected Technology

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Implementing an intelligent infrastructure of automation and intelligence, supported by expert services to ensure optimization, is an opportunity for health systems to enhance medication distribution processes, support sterile compounding safety and efficiency, and ultimately improve pharmacy supply chain management.

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Why Implementing a Robust IV Workflow System Is Key to Patient Safety

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Stephanie Gallagher, PharmD, MBA Senior Clinical Product Marketing Manager, Omnicell Despite the reality that intravenous (IV) compounding is among the highest risk areas in the continuum of acute care when it comes to the potential for possible patient harm, IV systems are often the last to be impacted by advances in pharmacy automation.