CDEX (Old)

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Nice report by pookie:

By: pookie89014
07 Dec 2005, 11:15 PM EST
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Whelp...gulp... we got in there...I can say that Monsooonman maybe..."probably" got out of the cdex booth what dgei and I got...hardly anything more than we know already...

Good thing we have this board and I mean it's "really" good thing that we have this board....

Now...I am going to attempt to relay what I understood but maybe if dgei sees that something is wrong he will come on and correct me.

..You know that Laymen can have a hard time understanding jargon of a field that they are not into...

We got a demo of the machine and how fast it works...perty fast....

ok lets see...the change of color..the Green Machine is now the Baxa Machine..they wanted the color to match their trademark color.

The Machine has the software Capability now of holding about 52?? Signatures and if the hospital needs more they can use 2 machines..If the hospital wanted to validate the flu vaccines that they could add the signatures for it..

The Tech didn't know how much Baxa was selling the Valimed Machine for..and we asked how many different Pharmacy's each hospital had in them and I guess it depended on the size of the hospital...he was unsure...someone else mentioned maybe 3?

I asked about reading blood and he didn't seem to understand any of that..so Bfly I didn't proceed anymore because he really didn't or maybe just dummied up and wouldn't answer that..

We only saw 2 machines there...one in a suitcase and then the one we have all come to recognize... but I know there were a few others there in different stages of development.. we just didn't get introduced to them..

We saw Jim Griffin and Sean Priest but they were both engaged and we found it rude to just stand there..so we moved on...we probably were there for about 15 min or so...(Degi if you have anything to add please do so on your time.

Then we went to the Baxa Booth...we really didn't have much time but we caught a Taped Baxa Commercial "kinda"...they had tv's around the exhibit..it was large...our machine was there..right in the middle.

..anyway back to the Tv's...they interviewed a Nurse head/Boss that was here from the Dallas Children's Hospital...she said they have 3 machines in there now...!

Ok...What else????...Oh yeah.!!..!...We sat in on the UM..presentation on "The use of Spectroscopy to Enhance Safety in IV Compounding".

The room was large and was filled with about 1/3 audience..It really did last about 10 or so minutes...We took a seat...here are some of the notes I took.

Take it..leave it..or.. or tell me if I'm wrong..I will give you my interpretations...

I want everyone to know that I am not Medical Savvy so my notes may not make much sense but as they were talking I was writing my bullet points..that is all I know...

Here Goes....University of Michigan has detected 2 errors since iniating the machines in May and they just found one more since the Document was written making it 3 total as of today.

It does have limitations because not all Drugs Fluoresce drug KCC...doesn't (don't know what drug that is).

Takes cdex one week per signature sample..then Hospital tests it again double check system.

Drug detection times vary a little per different drugs (something about different waves)

Standard concentrations are required.

Something about 9 drugs 32 signatures so far for the UM

Detects 3 entities

Working on a small thermal printed label for Identification
To be placed on drug....Want Technician to be able to free up the nurse..

..I think we just may be working on the labels and working into networking with the Hospital...I think we have the capability of the Doctor and the Pharmacy???at this point?? but I don't think that "at this point" we can follow the Patient..

Now that was what I got from my notes...the session ended quickly..but they asked those that wanted to sit down at different round tables with the various studies? That the persons that conducted these studies will be there for a round table discussions..

Well...we went...Table 12...lol...

We sat down and listened to James Stevenson talk to 2 other Pharmacy Heads about this machine..they were very interested..they knew it was needed and they seemed very interested...they asked questions pertaining to the Notes I took...basically if you can signature your own selection and just inquiring about the much needed tech..He seems to think that Baxa is Great for CDEX...

Dr Marsteller was sitting back on another table listening in...He didn't say to much..he basically stated he wasn't going to be making any forward statements because he knew we were shareholders..but he did answer the questions the other Pharmacist were asking...and was very cordial towards us...he also was a lot younger than I thought he would be.

James Stevenson seems more than thrilled with this machine.
he mentioned his hospital was the first in the world to have this machine..He knows that even the most knowledgeable and experienced Nurse Doctors make mistakes and this machine is just one more check.

..all in all he was a great talker..

On the way out dgei... grabbed Mr. Jerry Blair and we introduced ourselves as shareholders...he talked about being in an industry that he Loved and that he has been given opportunities to be with great companies

..and... he WAS in the development/beginning stages of Web MD...I asked..

dgei??..Correct me if I'm wrong what was it when he started with Cerner there were 120/150 employees and when he left there were how many...2000 + or more???...I think he loves the excitement of developing..I know if you love what you do you do it well...

Well...all in all...I only learned a little bit.. but I still thought it was exciting to take a look at the "beginning" of a company that acts like it's gonna be around a long long time....

I hope that I have wet "some" of your whistles...This bunch is a hard bunch to appease...lol..