CDEX (Old)

[Viking65]

Great article!!! CDEX shareholders only. Let me guess who will find fault with this article. LOL
http://www.pppmag.com/documents/pp22spotlight.pdf

From the article:

"The ValiMed drug detection device is a self-contained, 9 by 10 by 21-inch unit that resides on a countertop, and requires only standard electrical power to function. The device uses a touch screen and Windows XP to provide a simple software user interface that facilitates the testing process."

"The ValiMed device provides us with the ability to test all of our returns and offers reliable, on-the-spot data, resulting in significant control and safety benefits."

"The pharmacy plans to expand its use of the ValiMed device to other surgical areas within the university health system."

"In addition, we are looking at ways to utilize the device's capabilities to validate chemotherapy preparations compounded in the university's Huntsman Cancer Hospital pharmacy and to perform QA concentration testing of bulk items manufactured in the central pharmacy."

"This, in turn, would improve compliance with JCAHO and state board of pharmacy recommendations for having good procedures in place to validate narcotic returns and prevent diversion. The solution needed to be practical, efficient and cost-effective enough to allow for daily use in the OR pharmacy satellite, and needed to provide a greater degree of specificity than could be attained using refractometry."

"Each medication reveals its own distinct and easiy readible signature. By comparing the fingerprints of a tested medication against the signature of that medication in the library, the ValiMed technology will indicate a match, presuming there is one."

"The device can validate the identity of most medications against samples in the library in less than 30 seconds."