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ICU Medical, Inc.
today announced the European launch of a new version of Diana
Hazardous Drug Compounding System at the European Association of Hospital
Pharmacists (EAHP) 18th Congress in Paris, France March 13-15 2013. The Diana
system is the world's first user-controlled automated sterile compounding
system for the accurate, safe, and efficient preparation of hazardous drugs,
and the original version has been in clinical use in Europe for more than a
year. The new Diana features an enhanced user interface and workflow
enhancements to improve safety and efficiency.
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"Unlike automated technologies that require huge investments and do not fit
within existing workflows, the Diana system cost-effectively keeps pharmacists
and technicians in control of the compounding process from beginning to end,"
explained Gabriele Giovanelli, ICU Medical's president of European operations.
"The system fits under the hood of a pharmacy's existing biological safety
cabinet to protect clinicians from exposure to hazardous drugs and accidental
needlesticks, while protecting the patient preparation from exposure to
environmental contaminants."
The new Diana system provides automated checks and reminders to improve
workflow efficiency and patient safety, and frees up pharmacists and
technicians from many of the repetitive motions required during preparation
and reconstitution, reducing the stresses and injuries that can occur as a
result. By helping improve the efficiency of high-volume compounding, the
Diana system delivers workflow efficiencies while helping reduce drug waste.
Originally designed to keep clinicians safe from hazardous drug exposure
during chemotherapy preparation, the microbiologically and mechanically closed
Diana system also helps keep the drugs themselves safe from exposure to
outside contaminants.^1,2 Organizations such as the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the United States Pharmacopeia (USP
<797>) have recommended the use of closed systems to help protect the
healthcare worker from exposure to hazardous agents and to protect the
sterility and integrity of drugs.
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