PCA Services

Keeping your patients comfortable is of utmost importance.  Rely on PharMEDium's Ready-to-Use PCA services to help you safely care for patients no matter what PCA system you are using - vials, syringes, IV bags or cassettes.  Our services are labeled to help minimize confusion between drugs, drug concentrations and route of administration, such as morphine and HYDROmorphone.  Our patented labeling incorporates TALLman lettering and unique shapes and colors to highlight the most important information on the label.

ISMP Part II - How to prevent errors - Safety issues with patient-controlled analgesia

Ready-to-Use pharmacy sterile PCA services:

• Commercially available sterile components are utilized for these services
• Components are traceable and verified via bar code technology throughout the compounding process
• Use of TALLman lettering and color to differentiate look-alike, sound-alike drugs
• Intended use prominently displayed to ensure right route of administration
• Use of shapes on labels to help clinicians differentiate drug and drug concentrations within a therapeutic class
• State of the art bar coding contains NDC, lot and expiration date to support pharmacy automation and bar code point of care medication administration systems
• Wide variety of drug concentrations/delivery systems for ordering flexibility and convenience

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