Cytostatics compounding
Chemotherapy involves hazardous drugs that require strict handling procedures to protect patients, pharmacy staff and nurses. Closed System Transfer Devices (CSTDs) reduce exposure risks, prevent contamination, and maintain drug integrity from preparation to administration and some of them offer advantages when using automation. The Compounder can work with both Luer-Lock and CSTD connectors.
Facility: Hospital pharmacy, compounding center or community pharmacy
Endcontainers: Mainly infusion bags
Automation: Compounder 10. CSTDs or Luer-Lock connectors.
ROI: < 1 year at 25.000 products/year, < 3 years at 10.000 products/per year
Infusion therapy at home
With staff shortages and availability of hospital and care home beds decreasing, a shift is taking place called ‘hospital to home’. More and more patients receive the last part or there treatment at home. Infusion therapy is used to administer medication for purposes such as pain relief, antibiotic therapy, chemotherapy, and palliative care. A nurse inserts the IV and assists with administration.
Facility: Hospital pharmacy, compounding center or community pharmacy
Endcontainers: Elastomeric pumps, cassettes, infusion bags
Automation: Compounder 8. Ideal for 7-day regimens, with an extra slot for microbiology sampling.
ROI: < 1 year at 20.000 products/year, < 3 years at 5.000 products/per year
Compounding on the ward
Hospitals suffer from increasing staff shortages, in nursing and in the pharmacy. At the same time more and more wards demand support from the pharmacy to take over compounding activities and to increase quality and safety. Now you can implement automated compounding at the ward. And maybe you can even share the Compounder in a smart way between wards!
Facility: Hospital wards, medication rooms
Endcontainers: Mainly infusion bags and syringes
Automation: Compounder 5. Fits small safety cabinets and plenums or can be used as a desktop device.
ROI:< 2 years at5.000 products/per year
High volume compounding
Compounding of high volumes of products usually takes place in large hospitals, wards or compounding pharmacies. Multiple Compounders can be efficiently placed in a cleanroom, creating efficient, high performing production processes. We offer expert production pharmacy consultancy to develop the best fitting environments for hazardous and non-hazardous drug compounding.
Facility: Hospital pharmacy, compounding centers
Endcontainers: Infusion bags, elastomeric pumps, cassettes, syringes
Automation: Compounder 10, 8, 5. Multiple devices running under one instance of The Software
ROI:< 2 years at 10.000 products/per year