Health Robotics' CytoCare(R) Drives Largest Cancer Robotics Center in the World at Akdeniz University Hospital, Turkey
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Posted on January 24, 2011 at 9:14:01 AM
Health Robotics' CytoCare(R) Drives Largest Cancer Robotics Center in the World at Akdeniz University Hospital, Turkey
BOZEN, Sud-Tirol, Italy, January 24, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- Health Robotics today announced the official opening and live operation
of the largest Sterile Compounding Center for Oncology patients in the world.
Akdeniz University Hospital in Antalya (Turkey) compounds 90% of its 80.000
annual chemotherapy intravenous doses with 4 CytoCare robots and related
Health Robotics' technology, or an average of 325 patient doses per 6-hour
work cycle. The Oncology Pharmacy at the 600-bed hospital is jointly operated
by the hospital's staff and by Rivosem, Health Robotics' exclusive partner in
Turkey and Central Asia.
"With Akdeniz University Hospital, we have now expanded our CytoCare
multi-robot installation experience to 4 robots per hospital compared to our
prior 2-robot redundant implementations elsewhere in Turkey. All chemotherapy
doses are administered to patients in proprietary, light-protected, soft
plastic IV Bags of .25, .5, and 1L sizes, double checked with vision
technology and gravimetric control, ensuring that each and every patient gets
the right drug, the right diluent, the right quantity, at the right time, all
within a high-availability environment," stated Hilmi Sunay, Rivosem's
Executive Vice President.
CytoCare continues to be the world's first and only robotic system proven
to ever work in the safe and sterile preparation of both powders and liquid
patient-specific Hazardous Intravenous Admixtures, including Chemotherapy,
Monoclonal Antibody Therapy, and Gene Therapy. Now reaching over 60 worldwide
installations under contract, CytoCare has long proven its unmatched
flexibility to adapt to diverse pharmacy workflows and proprietary IV
consumables in 4 continents. While several companies attempted the
development of Chemotherapy Robotics as far back as 22 years ago[1], CytoCare
is still the only robot that has been able to break the entry-barrier into
the Intravenous Chemotherapy Automation Sector.
"With 22 CytoCare installations, Turkey has now surpassed Italy as our
number one regional market for Oncology Therapy Robotics. We thank the
outstanding support we have received from both Rivosem and from the Turkish
Government in, respectively, designing and funding pay-per-dose acquisition
models for CytoCare that enable Turkish hospitals to adopt our world's
leading Oncology Pharmacy Robotics platform for the safety of clinicians and
patients alike, and without having to worry about capital budget funding. It
is truly a testament to the great potential of Health Robotics' IV Automation
solutions and a guiding light for Health Robotics and its worldwide partners,
especially for the Centralized Sterile Compounding Center initiatives
recently developed by Health Robotics South East Asia in cooperation with the
Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam Governments" stated Gaspar DeViedma, Health
Robotics' Executive Vice President.
About Health Robotics:
Health Robotics is the undisputed global leading supplier of
life-critical intra-venous medication robots, providing over 170 hospital
installations in 5 continents with robotics technology and software
automation solutions deployed utilizing virtual high-availability technology.
Its world-leading solutions CytoCare(R) [hazardous IVs], i.v.STATION(R)
[non-hazardous IVs], i.v.SOFT(R) [workflow engine for manual compounding],
MEDarchiver(R) [life-critical clinical information system], and
TPNstation(TM) [totally-automated parenteral nutrition] have and will greatly
contribute to ease hospitals' growing pressures to improve patient safety,
increase throughput and contain costs. Through the effective and efficient
production of sterile, accurate, tamper-evident and ready-to-administer IVs,
Health Robotics' solutions help hospitals eliminate life-threatening drug and
diluent exchange errors, decrease other medical mistakes and sterility risks,
work more efficiently, reduce waste and controlled substances' diversion, and
diminish the gap between rising patient volume/acuity and scarce medical,
nursing, and pharmacy staff. For more information, please visit:
http://www.health-robotics.com
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[1] Am J Hosp Pharm 46(11): 2286-93 1989
For additional information, please contact:
Claudia Flaim, Marketing Coordinator
flaim@health-robotics.com
Phone: +39-0471-200-372
Source: Health Robotics
For additional information, please contact: Claudia Flaim, Marketing Coordinator, flaim@health-robotics.com ; Phone: +39-0471-200-372
BOZEN, Sud-Tirol, Italy, January 24, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- Health Robotics today announced the official opening and live operation
of the largest Sterile Compounding Center for Oncology patients in the world.
Akdeniz University Hospital in Antalya (Turkey) compounds 90% of its 80.000
annual chemotherapy intravenous doses with 4 CytoCare robots and related
Health Robotics' technology, or an average of 325 patient doses per 6-hour
work cycle. The Oncology Pharmacy at the 600-bed hospital is jointly operated
by the hospital's staff and by Rivosem, Health Robotics' exclusive partner in
Turkey and Central Asia.
"With Akdeniz University Hospital, we have now expanded our CytoCare
multi-robot installation experience to 4 robots per hospital compared to our
prior 2-robot redundant implementations elsewhere in Turkey. All chemotherapy
doses are administered to patients in proprietary, light-protected, soft
plastic IV Bags of .25, .5, and 1L sizes, double checked with vision
technology and gravimetric control, ensuring that each and every patient gets
the right drug, the right diluent, the right quantity, at the right time, all
within a high-availability environment," stated Hilmi Sunay, Rivosem's
Executive Vice President.
CytoCare continues to be the world's first and only robotic system proven
to ever work in the safe and sterile preparation of both powders and liquid
patient-specific Hazardous Intravenous Admixtures, including Chemotherapy,
Monoclonal Antibody Therapy, and Gene Therapy. Now reaching over 60 worldwide
installations under contract, CytoCare has long proven its unmatched
flexibility to adapt to diverse pharmacy workflows and proprietary IV
consumables in 4 continents. While several companies attempted the
development of Chemotherapy Robotics as far back as 22 years ago[1], CytoCare
is still the only robot that has been able to break the entry-barrier into
the Intravenous Chemotherapy Automation Sector.
"With 22 CytoCare installations, Turkey has now surpassed Italy as our
number one regional market for Oncology Therapy Robotics. We thank the
outstanding support we have received from both Rivosem and from the Turkish
Government in, respectively, designing and funding pay-per-dose acquisition
models for CytoCare that enable Turkish hospitals to adopt our world's
leading Oncology Pharmacy Robotics platform for the safety of clinicians and
patients alike, and without having to worry about capital budget funding. It
is truly a testament to the great potential of Health Robotics' IV Automation
solutions and a guiding light for Health Robotics and its worldwide partners,
especially for the Centralized Sterile Compounding Center initiatives
recently developed by Health Robotics South East Asia in cooperation with the
Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam Governments" stated Gaspar DeViedma, Health
Robotics' Executive Vice President.
About Health Robotics:
Health Robotics is the undisputed global leading supplier of
life-critical intra-venous medication robots, providing over 170 hospital
installations in 5 continents with robotics technology and software
automation solutions deployed utilizing virtual high-availability technology.
Its world-leading solutions CytoCare(R) [hazardous IVs], i.v.STATION(R)
[non-hazardous IVs], i.v.SOFT(R) [workflow engine for manual compounding],
MEDarchiver(R) [life-critical clinical information system], and
TPNstation(TM) [totally-automated parenteral nutrition] have and will greatly
contribute to ease hospitals' growing pressures to improve patient safety,
increase throughput and contain costs. Through the effective and efficient
production of sterile, accurate, tamper-evident and ready-to-administer IVs,
Health Robotics' solutions help hospitals eliminate life-threatening drug and
diluent exchange errors, decrease other medical mistakes and sterility risks,
work more efficiently, reduce waste and controlled substances' diversion, and
diminish the gap between rising patient volume/acuity and scarce medical,
nursing, and pharmacy staff. For more information, please visit:
http://www.health-robotics.com
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[1] Am J Hosp Pharm 46(11): 2286-93 1989
For additional information, please contact:
Claudia Flaim, Marketing Coordinator
flaim@health-robotics.com
Phone: +39-0471-200-372
Source: Health Robotics
For additional information, please contact: Claudia Flaim, Marketing Coordinator, flaim@health-robotics.com ; Phone: +39-0471-200-372