Analysis of production time and capacity for manual and robotic compounding scenarios for parenteral hazardous drugs.

Journal: European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice
PMID: 36792350

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The increasing amount of hazardous preparations in combination with shortages leads to a call for more efficient compounding methods. This research aims to evaluate the required amount of time, production capacity and direct labour costs of the manual, manual software-supported and robotic compounding of parenteral hazardous drugs.

Authors

  • Tjerk H Geersing
    Department of Clinical Pharmacy, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands; Division of BioTherapeutics, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands. Electronic address: t.geersing@antoniusziekenhuis.nl.
  • Demelza M Pourahmad
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Amsterdam University Medical Center, location Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Femke Lodewijk
    Pharmaceutical Business Administration, Hogeschool Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  • Eric J F Franssen
    Department of Clinical Pharmacy, OLVG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Catherijne A J Knibbe
    Division of Systems Biomedicine and Pharmacology, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
  • Mirjam Crul
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Amsterdam University Medical Centre location Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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