Performance evaluation of the compounding robot, APOTECAchemo, for injectable anticancer drugs in a Japanese hospital

Performance evaluation of the compounding robot, APOTECAchemo, for injectable anticancer drugs in a Japanese hospital

Abstract Background The accuracy, safety and feasibility of, the compounding robot APOTECAchemo were evaluated in the clinical practice of Japan. Methods Accuracy and precision of robotic preparations by APOTECAchemo was evaluated in 20 preparations of fluorouracil (FU) and cyclophosphamide (CPA) in...

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Main Authors: Takuya Iwamoto, Takuya Morikawa, Miki Hioki, Hirofumi Sudo, Demis Paolucci, Masahiro Okuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences
Subjects:
Robotic preparation
Chemotherapy
Wipe test
APOTECAchemo
Japanese hospital
Pharmacy automation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40780-017-0081-z

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