Pharmacy Practice News Buyer's Guide by McMahon Group

2011/2012

CATEGORIES Pharmacy Automation Information Systems

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Medication Management Systems Pharmacy Waste Systems IV Devices

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Pharmacy Automation

IV Automated Devices

Baxa Corporation

Bar-Code Packaging

ExactaMix™ 1200 Compounder

Talyst

Address: 9540 S. Maroon Circle, Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 Phone: 800-567-BAXA (2292) Fax: 494-BAXA (2292) Email: marketing@baxa.com Web Site: www.baxa.com

AutoPack Address: 11100 NE 8th St, Suite 600, Bellevue, WA 98004 Phone: 425-289-5400 Fax: 425-289-5401 Email: info@talyst.com Web Site: talyst.com

Product Description: Product Cost: Varies by contract; call for pricing. Product Specifications: Bar-code verification, 12-ingredient ports, closed system with no sterility breaks, accurate delivery with secondary check, easy setup, high-speed delivery, electronic V-site for high-use ingredients and lockout for incompatible ingredients as well as air occlusion detection. Disposables available on group purchasing organization contracts.

Product Description: Offers accessible, fully-automated packaging for oral solid medications, ensuring all oral solid medications are unit dose and bar coded for patients’ bedsides. It is scalable, reliable and includes workflow management features that can help improve the efficiency of pharmacy operations.

Bar-Coding Systems

IV Automated Devices

Talyst

Baxa Corporation ExactaMix® 2400 Compounder (EM2400)

AutoLabel Address: 11100 NE 8th St, Suite 600, Bellevue, WA 98004 Phone: 425-289-5400 Fax: 425-289-5401 Email: info@talyst.com Web Site: talyst.com

Address: 9540 South Maroon Circle, Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 Phone: (800) 567-BAXA (2292) Fax: (800) 494-BAXA (2292) Email: info@baxa.com Web Site: www.baxa.com

Product Description: Allows bar-code labeling of virtually 100% of your formulary. It uses a special, patent-pending transfer label to ensure your medications have a scanready bar code and a human-readable label.

Decentralized Ward-Based Cabinets

IV Automated Devices

McKesson Automation

Baxa Corporation

AcuDose-Rx®

IntelliFill® i.v.

Address: 500 Cranberry Woods Drive, Cranberry Township, PA 16066 Phone: 800-594-9145 Fax: 724-741-8350 Email: inquire@mckesson.com Web Site: www.mckesson.com/automationsolutions

Address: 9540 South Maroon Circle, Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 Phone: (800) 567-BAXA (2292) Fax: (800) 494-BAXA (2292) Email: info@baxa.com Web Site: www.baxa.com

Product Description: McKesson’s AcuDose-Rx® medication dispensing cabinet gives nurses ready access to the medications they need, but pharmacy maintains oversight. The exclusive RightStockTM system optimizes inventory based on daily usage, virtually putting an end to stock outs. And Acudose-Rx cabinets are designed, built and supported in the USA, with durable, jam-resistant drawers.

Product Description: The EM2400 streamlines multisource mixing applications, improving productivity and reducing labor costs. It features bar-code verification, 24-ingredient ports, a closed system with no sterility breaks, accurate delivery with a secondary check, easy setup, high-speed delivery, air occlusion detection as well as an electronic Y-site for high-use ingredients and lockout for incompatible ingredients. Disposables are available on group purchasing organization contracts.

Product Description: With IntelliFill® I.V., each dose is individually labeled, bar coded, scanned and matched to order. It captures source images for review and verification. IntelliFill™ I.V. also provides high-speed automation and on-demand reconstitution and filling. It saves significant costs in medication acquisition.

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Information Systems

IV Automated Devices

Baxa Corporation RapidFill™ Automated Syringe Filler

Baxa Corporation

Address: 9540 South Maroon Circle, Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 Phone: (800) 567-BAXA (2292) Fax: (800) 494-BAXA (2292) Email: info@baxa.com Web Site: www.baxa.com

DoseEdge® Pharmacy Workflow Manager Address: 9540 South Maroon Circle, Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 Phone: (800) 567-BAXA (2292) Fax: (800) 494-BAXA (2292) Email: info@baxa.com Web Site: www.baxa.com

Product Description: The RapidFill™ Automated Syringe Filler reduces costs from premade syringes. RapidFill automates filling, capping, labeling and bar coding of sterile batch syringes—800/hour. It is designed to fit in the hood, and colored labels are available. Disposables are available on group purchasing organization contracts. Visit www.baxa.com/rapidfill for more information.

Other Pharmacy Automation

Dose Management System

Product Description: DoseEdge® Pharmacy Workflow Manager is the first and only completely integrated system for managing IV and oral dose preparation. DoseEdge provides real-time status of incoming and in-process doses, bar-code drug verification, dose tracking and automatic dose calculation. It offers a best-practices approach for pharmacy workflow and remote inspection of pharmacy preparation steps. Also available: DoseEdge® TPN for managing the parenteral nutrition compounding process, including manual additions. Visit www.baxa.com/doseedge for more information.

Productivity Software

Talyst

AutoCarousel / AutoCarousel HD

AutoPharm Enterprise

Address: 11100 NE 8th St, Suite 600, Bellevue, WA 98004 Phone: 425-289-5400 Fax: 425-289-5401 Email: info@talyst.com Web Site: talyst.com

Product Description: Provides maximum medication storage in an organized, accessible and compact footprint. Its vertical design provides secure, automated storage and accurate retrieval. AutoCarousel decreases required storage space by 30% to 50% and enables customers to easily store, track and access medications.

Other Pharmacy Automation

Talyst

Product Description: A powerful software platform designed to deliver improved patient safety through better medication inventory control and workflow management. AutoPharm Enterprise has multi-facility capabilities, batch dispensing, managing code (crash) carts and improved order routing. It works throughout health care systems to automate medication ordering, receiving, stocking, picking, bar coding and return processes.

Productivity Software

Talyst

AutoCool

AutoSplit 340B Address: 11100 NE 8th St, Suite 600, Bellevue, WA 98004 Phone: 425-289-5400 Fax: 425-289-5401 E-mail: info@talyst.com Web Site: talyst.com Product Description: Delivers access-controlled refrigerated storage and automated dispensing for valuable refrigerated medications. It’s flexible, scalable and can be installed in remote locations. It provides pharmacy-grade refrigeration with password-protected access and enables perpetual inventory management with par levels and order preparation.

Address: 11100 NE 8th St, Suite 600, Bellevue, WA 98004 Phone: 425-289-5400 Fax: 425-289-5401 E-mail: info@talyst.com Web Site: talyst.com Product Description: AutoSplit® 340B is the industry leader in 340B purchase order splitting. The automated system provides full audit trails for all eligible 340B dispenses and splits. AutoSplit is easy to implement and maximizes 340B savings while reducing program administration hours. It works with multiple wholesalers and has exportable reports to help maintain regulatory compliance.

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Pharmacy Waste Systems

Lab Monitoring Software

Veracity Group Inc

Clean Harbors Environmental Services

Address: 7575 E. Kemper Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45249 Phone: 888-369-3601 Fax: 888-729-0411 Email: ssmall@VeracityGroupInc.Com Web Site: www.VeracityGroupInc.com

Pharmaceutical Waste Disposal Services Address: 42 Longwater Drive, Norwell, MA 02061 Phone: 888-304-7035 Fax: 781-792-5938 Email: healthcareservices@cleanharbors.com Web Site: cleanharbors.com

Product Description: VersaTrak wireless systems lead the industry in flexible, compatible, versatile, powerful technology for all monitoring and compliance needs in health care facilities. VersaTrak is designed with the focus on industry compliance and accuracy. With features like Auto NIST Calibration, Intelligent Messaging, Watch-Dog, lab-grade probes and simulators, and state of the art Wi-Fi, 900 MHz and hardwired sensors, VersaTrak is unmatched!

Product Description: Clean Harbors is the only environmental services provider that has the ability to manage 100% of your pharmaceutical and hazardous waste, spill cleanups, and facility maintenance within a company-owned network of 100+ service centers, 50 hazardous waste disposal facilities and the largest hazardous waste incineration capacity in North America.

Medication Management Systems

IV Devices

Oral & Enteral Devices

Fluid Dispensing Systems

Baxa Corporation

ExactaMed® Oral Syringes

Repeater™ Pump

Address: 9540 South Maroon Circle, Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 Phone: (800) 567-BAXA (2292) Fax: (800) 494-BAXA (2292) Email: info@baxa.com Web Site: www.baxa.com

Product Description: ExactaMed® includes market-leading syringes and accessories for accurate and safe filling and delivery of oral medication. Unique tip design, gray piston and blue printing provide clear differentiation from IV syringes. They are the only complete range of dispensers—from 0.5 to 60 mL—that ensures precise delivery as low as 0.01 mL. Also available: specialty dispensers for enteral, vaginal and topical medications. Available on group purchasing organization contracts. Visit www.baxa.com for order numbers.

Refrigeration Systems

Product Description: Tired of reconstituting, pooling and then filling syringes, dispensers and elastomeric devices? The Repeater Pump automates fluid transfer needs with high flow rates, variable speeds and delivery accuracy to as low as 0.2 mL. Disposables available on group purchasing organization contracts. Visit www.baxa.com for order numbers.

IV Protective Devices

Veracity Group Inc

Baxa Corporation

VersaFridge

Tamper-Evident Luer Lock Tip Caps Address: 7575 E. Kemper Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45249 Phone: 888-369-3601 Fax: 888-729-0411 Email: ssmall@VeracityGroupInc.Com Web Site: www.VeracityGroupInc.com

Product Description: VersaFridge set a new standard in “Medical Refrigeration” as the ONLY refrigerator that is fully compliant with TJC MM.03.01.01 (EPs 3 & 6) regarding medication security. The removable refrigeration module means that no access is required to the medication compartment for repairs. Using less than 1 KWH per day, it is the most energy efficient refrigerator in its class. With drawers, glass doors and more, it’s the ultimate refrigerator!

Pharmaceutical Waste Services

VersaTrak

Address: 9540 South Maroon Circle, Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 Phone: (800) 567-BAXA (2292) Fax: (800) 494-BAXA (2292) Email: info@baxa.com Web Site: www.baxa.com Product Description: Tamper-Evident Luer Lock Tip Caps are latex-free—no natural-rubber latex components—and made of non-DEHP materials. A three-part cap requires the user to break off the outer sleeve to dispense medication. A red ring remains, indicating the outer sleeve has been tampered with. The caps are sold in sterile packs of 10 for convenient use. Available on group purchasing organization contracts. Visit www.baxa.com for order numbers.

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Other IV Devices

Baxa Corporation

DiscPac™ Self-Righting Luer Tip Caps

Supor® Syringe Filters

Address: 9540 South Maroon Circle, Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 Phone: (800) 567-BAXA (2292) Fax: (800) 494-BAXA (2292) Email: info@baxa.com Web Site: www.baxa.com

Product Description: DiscPac™ Self-Righting Luer Tip Caps secure easily to any size Luer syringe. Available in 12 colors, the caps are packaged individually or in convenient DiscPacs of 25 and 100. They are latex-free—no natural-rubber latex components—and made of nonDEHP material that withstands freezing. DiscPacs may be closed and stored in the hood for later use. Available on group purchasing organization contracts. Visit www.baxa.com for order numbers.

Other IV Devices

Product Description: Supor® sterile syringe filters assure quality control during sterile drug preparation. The filters feature double-Luer design for secure attachment and rapid filtration and high throughput, with low protein binding and broad drug compatibility. They allow for fast and effective filtration. Available on group purchasing organization contracts. Visit www.baxa.com for order numbers.

Other IV Devices

Baxa Corporation

ExactaMix® EVA Bag

TwoFer™ Needles

Address: 9540 South Maroon Circle, Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 Phone: (800) 567-BAXA (2292) Fax: (800) 494-BAXA (2292) Email: info@baxa.com Web Site: www.baxa.com Product Description: ExactaMix® EVA Bag offers better bag clarity for ease of visual inspection; attached bag clamp for convenient closure and covered addition port to keep the area protected until used. New lay-flat tube material minimizes the risk for particulates in the bag. EVA construction provides cleaner disposal for incineration. Manufacturing in North America reduces shipping time. Available on group purchasing organization contracts. Visit www.baxa.com for order numbers.

Other IV Devices

Baxa Corporation

Address: 9540 South Maroon Circle, Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 Phone: (800) 567-BAXA (2292) Fax: (800) 494-BAXA (2292) Email: info@baxa.com Web Site: www.baxa.com Product Description: TwoFer™ dual-purpose Luer-lock needles allow for vented and non-vented vial additions and withdrawals. Huber points minimize the risk for coring. Reconstitution and fluid transfer applications can be performed without changing needles. Available on group purchasing organization contracts. Visit www.baxa.com for order numbers.

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RapidFill™ Connectors Address: 9540 South Maroon Circle, Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 Phone: (800) 567-BAXA (2292) Fax: (800) 494-BAXA (2292) Email: info@baxa.com Web Site: www.baxa.com

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Product Description: RapidFill Connectors enable connections of male Luer syringes, tube sets, repeating syringes, bag ports and other containers. They are available with caps, allowing intermittent fills and capped storage. The connectors are latex-free—no natural-rubber latex components—and made of non-DEHP materials. Available 50 per case. Available on group purchasing organization contracts. Visit www.baxa.com for order numbers.

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