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Adopting Automation Supports Safer, More Efficient Sterile Compounding

Omnicell

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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Omnicell Unveils Groundbreaking Robotic Compounding Technology in Winter 2022 Release

Omnicell

Dennis Wright Senior Director, Product Marketing, Omnicell For more than 15 years, IV robotics has proven efficacy in safe and efficient sterile compounding, but market adoption has been limited. Our engineering team scoured through design ideas and broke down all the compounded activities into individual tasks.

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What is a Compounding Pharmacy?

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If your doctor’s office has given you a prescription with instructions to fill it at a compounding pharmacy, you might be wondering what exactly this means. Only around 7,500 are compounding pharmacies, of which only 3,000 perform sterile compounding. What does it mean when a pharmacy is compounding?

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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. 5 at 2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. 5 at 2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m.

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Advocates for Safe IV Preparation Practices Share Their Inspiration Podcast

Omnicell

Mark Neuenschwander Founding Director, THRIVCoalition.org Seminal research from 1997 on IV compounding discovered that 9 percent of manually compounded sterile preparations had incorrect ingredients and/or volumes. Worst yet, 74% of all respondents were aware of at least one pharmacy compounding error in the last 12 months.