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Cleanroom technology for pharmacy – DRUGCAM

By Jerry Fahrni on March 24, 2015

DRUGCAM is an interesting piece of pharmacy cleanroom technology. On one hand it falls into the semi-automated systems category because the person using it has to manually manipulate all the components of the sterile compound they’re making. In other words, it’s not a robot. On the other hand DRUGCAM uses some interesting technology and software […]

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More from #ASHP Midyear

By Jerry Fahrni on December 10, 2014

Yesterday was more of the same, i.e. I spent several hours in the exhibit hall yesterday trying to make my way through my “game plan”. And again I failed to complete my mission. I spent a lot of time speaking to various people about some of the things I saw on Monday. Some of my […]

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#ASHP Midyear 2014 update

By Jerry Fahrni on December 9, 2014

I spent several hours in the exhibit hall yesterday trying to make my way through my proposed “game plan”. Didn’t even get close. I kept getting sidetracked by one thing or another. Stops I did make were all interesting, and included:

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CareFusion announces partnership with Kit Check at #ASHP Midyear

By Jerry Fahrni on December 8, 2014

Last night I attended the first ever CareFusion Insider Event held at ASHP Midyear. The event was designed to spotlight CareFusion and their product line. Some new things were announced like the introduction of a Pyxis Mini and a new focus for the Rowa Dose System. CareFusion has had the Rowa Dose System for a […]

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#ASHP Midyear 2014 game plan

By Jerry Fahrni on December 4, 2014

ASHP Midyear is next week in Anaheim, California. I arrive in Anaheim on Sunday afternoon, and will be there until Wednesday morning. I always look forward to Midyear as it gives me an opportunity to connect with friends I haven’t seen in a while and learn some new things. One of the great benefits that […]

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Interesting developments in robotic IV preparation overseas

By Jerry Fahrni on November 22, 2014

One of the unexpected benefits of writing In the Clean Room has been the interest that it has generated outside the U.S. Mark and I have had some interesting conversations with people from all over the world as a result. One of our colleagues from Germany shared these interesting new developments from overseas. All three […]

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In the Clean Room: A Review of Technology-Assisted Sterile Compounding Systems in the US [report]

By Jerry Fahrni on October 6, 2014

For the better part of the past year I’ve been working on a project with Mark Neuenschwander of The Neuenschwander Company looking at technologies used in pharmacy clean rooms to prepare sterile compounds. The research into this area took much longer than originally anticipated. We discovered along the way that this subject is much more […]

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On demand controlled substances dispensing at the point of care (NarcoMedic®)

By Jerry Fahrni on August 12, 2014

NarcoMedic is a product from Pearson Medical Technologies. Pearson is a small company out of Alexandria, LA. They’ve made a business out of bar code labeling and packaging technologies. You’re probably most familiar with their iPackRx unit dose packager and m:Print software; either as the direct product or possibly as an OEM’d version for another […]

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Keeping up with the Joneses, or how pharmacies choose technology

By Jerry Fahrni on August 7, 2014

Recently a colleague sent me a link to the FierceHealthIT article below. Much of what the article had to say rang true for me. Hospitals covet neighboring facilities’ technology: “Facilities were more likely to acquire a new surgical robot if neighboring hospitals had done so, according to a study from a group of private and […]

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Additional thoughts on the use of gravimetrics for I.V. compounding

By Jerry Fahrni on June 14, 2014

Several months ago I wrote about my thoughts on using gravimetrics for I.V. compounding. At the time I wasn’t convinced of the utility, but my thoughts on the matter have changed. Over the past several months I’ve had the opportunity to dig deeper and mull over my thoughts on the matter. There was a session […]

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