Trade Show Calendar
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20 Unique
Products
& Services
Discover 20 products and
services that will help your
pharmacy improve patient
care or contain costs.
6 Preceptors
Recognized
6 Preceptors Recognized by 7 Colleges
Including Campbell University, UNE,
MCPHS, UCONN, Roosevelt... page 24
Pharmacist Jobs
Pharmacy Job Opportunities... page 54
Winter 2013
Health System • Infusion
I M P R O V I N G
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PHARMACY COST
C O N T A I N M E N T
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Follett Transforms
Technology into
Patient Safety
from the leader in medical-grade
undercounter refrigerators and
freezers – high performance
upright refrigerators designed
specifically for healthcare.
PCCA is
Your Quality
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only PCCa member
pharmacies bring the highest
quality chemicals, bases and
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Undercounter
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only BoxPicker provides secure,
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• Allows multiple users to access multiple stations at the same time, without losing control
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• Adapts to growing pharmacies through modular components
Once you see the BoxPicker System in action, you’ll believe that it runs circles around the
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One device to take to a patient’s bedside.
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With EvolutionPOS from RMS, one device can solve
your patient discharge needs.
Contact us to discuss the best fit for your outpatient pharmacy.
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One device.
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Quality.
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We know that quality isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity –
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That’s why we combine four variables – ingredients,
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to deliver quality without compromise to our
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the compounding industry is under scrutiny, that
means real peace of mind.
Learn more about PCCA’s commitment to quality at
pccarx.com/quality and how to do everything you
can to keep your customers safe and your business
at full sail.
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Same Reliable Performance
...Just a Smaller Size
Undercounter Medical-Grade Refrigerators
Helmer Scientific Undercounter Refrigerators offer the same reliable
performance you’ve come to trust in a smaller size. The design is
smart and efficient, offering a 5 cf capacity model and our all new
4 cf ADA model. Perfect for meeting the recommendations for
storing vaccines and other medications, these refrigerators offer the
perfect blend of efficiency, reliability, and accuracy needed to meet
performance requirements.
For more information, email: sales@helmerinc.com or
visit: www.helmerinc.com
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Additional features
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User-selectable F or C
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Full-featured alarming and
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Configurations ofering shelves,
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Find out more at www.follettice.com/safety
Follett has a full line of
high performance countertop,
undercounter and upright refrigerators and freezers
Temperature stable storage
Take the worry out of critical product storage. Follett features
forced air cooling at six levels through an exclusive back plenum
design to ensure consistent, top-to-bottom temperatures –
even when heavily loaded with product.
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Superior temperature pull down
and immediate recovery
-
No need to carefully load product
to allow air circulation
-
Maximum ±1C (1.8F) temperature
variation throughout cabinet
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Trade Show Calendar
page 40
20 Unique
Products
& Services
Discover 20 products and
services that will help your
pharmacy improve patient care
or increase profitability.
12 Preceptors
Recognized
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PROFITABILITY
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Preceptor
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The Simplest &
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- One Container by
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a single container system
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clinical staff and is safer for
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Ensuring compliance to waste segregation protocols can be difcult, both to train
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Clinicians simply put both the non-hazardous and the RCRA hazardous pharmaceutical
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due to DOT regulations. Please contact Clean Harbors for more info.
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Community • Specialty • LTC
Spring 2013
Trade Show Calendar
page 40
20 Unique
Products
& Services
Discover 20 products and
services that will help your
pharmacy improve patient care
or increase profitability.
18 Preceptors
Recognized
18 preceptors recognized by 11
colleges including UC San Diego, UNE,
Findlay, UCONN, Roosevelt… page 24
I M P R O V I N G
PATIENT CARE
& P H A R M A C Y
PROFITABILITY
Spring 2013
Community • Specialty • LTC
Health System • Infusion
Summer 2013
Trade Show Calendar
page 38
20 Unique
Products
& Services
Discover 20 products and
services that will help your
pharmacy improve patient
care or contain costs.
9 Preceptors
Recognized
9 Preceptors Recognized by 7 Colleges
Including University of Hawai’i at Hilo, UNC,
UC San Diego, UCONN, Roosevelt… page 24
Pharmacist Jobs
Pharmacy Job Opportunities… page 54
Summer 2013
Health System • Infusion
I M P R O V I N G
P A T I E N T C A R E
PHARMACY COST
C O N T A I N M E N T
Health System • Infusion
Winter 2013
Trade Show Calendar
page 38
20 Unique
Products
& Services
Discover 20 products and
services that will help your
pharmacy improve patient
care or contain costs.
6 Preceptors
Recognized
6 Preceptors Recognized by 7 Colleges
Including Campbell University, UNE,
MCPHS, UCONN, Roosevelt... page 24
Pharmacist Jobs
Pharmacy Job Opportunities... page 54
Winter 2013
Health System • Infusion
I M P R O V I N G
P A T I E N T C A R E
PHARMACY COST
C O N T A I N M E N T
LLC
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HurriCaine ONE is a registered trademark of Beutlich® Pharmaceuticals, LLC. HCOA 650 0713B
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• Fast onset. Short duration. Virtually no systemic absorption.
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• Virtually eliminates adverse events resulting from preventable medication errors, ensuring the “5 Rights”
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• Single unit-of-use packaging eliminates the potential for cross-contamination.
• Increases billing accuracy and improves supply chain costs.
NDC#
AMERISOURCE
BERGEN
CARDINAL
HEALTH
MCKESSON
MORRIS &
DICKSON
PRODUCT
0283-0610-11
048-855
CIN 4362547
1410125
086611
HurriCaine ONE® Unit Dose Non-Aerosol Spray
Box of 2, 0.017 fl. oz. (0.5 mL) each
0283-0610-26
048-868
CIN 4363370
1411925
086629
HurriCaine ONE Unit Dose Non-Aerosol Spray
Box of 25, 0.017 fl. oz. (0.5 mL) each
ORDERING INFORMATION
If HurriCaine ONE is not yet available through your wholesaler, request it by name and NDC Number.
*Joint Commission Standard: MM.05.01.11, EP4
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PharmASSIST®
Dispenser: Intelligent
Automated Dispensing
by Innovation
The PharmassIsT Dispenser’s
advanced intelligence self calibrates the
counting of new medications, collects all
prescription dispensing activity, & helps
advance pharmacies’ patient safety &
prescription throughput initiatives.
SecurColor® Inkjet
On-Demand Color
Label Printers
from Epson
Epson’s securColor prints
enhanced color pharmacy
labels on-demand without the
use of pre-printed labels.
©2013 Epson America, Inc. Epson and SecurColor are registered trademarks and
Epson Exceed Your Vision is a registered logomark of Seiko Epson Corporation.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
SecurColor. The smarter way to print pharmacy labels.
Prints color where you need it
No preprinted labels required
Prints variable length labels
Prints auxiliary info on label
Water and alcohol proof
Reduces label costs
All in a small footprint.
DISCOVER THE ADVANTAGES OF
EPSON SECURCOLOR
Epson’s SecurColor® prints color-enhanced pharmacy labels without the expense and
hassle of pre-printed labels. It is an ideal solution for retail and compounding pharmacies
for printing crisp, clear color labels of variable length, including warning information,
barcodes, text and graphics. And the labels are alcohol and water proof when printed on
qualified media. It also complies with USP 797 standards for sterile preparations. Best of
all it features the quality and reliability that Epson is known for.
See it in action at ASHP Booth 601
pos.epson.com/healthcare
Clean Air Solutions
by IsoTech Design
Cost effective, safe and
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MicroSphere C.A.I. for sterile compounding
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Talyst's 340B
Contract & Specialty
Pharmacy Solutions
Talyst understands a pharmacy’s
need to optimize its 340B
savings. for almost 10 years,
Talyst has supported over
400 health systems with their
autosplit 340B software.
Marathon
LoggerPulse™
Enterprise Software &
Network Data Loggers
for Monitoring the
Cold Chain
marathon Products EDl-Wifi
and EDl-Net temperature data
loggers provide low cost,
reliable, protection for...
WITH TALYST’S
340B EXPERT
SOLUTIONS, WE
ARE SAVING AN
ADDITIONAL
$2 MILLION IN
THE FIRST YEAR.
Philip Almeter
Director of Pharmacy Operations
and Business Development
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky Medical Center is a nationally recognized health system with 140 outreach clinics and
programs throughout Central and Eastern Kentucky. UK Medical Center has been a Talyst customer for five years.
With AutoSplit® Fully Managed, they’ve seen significant cost reductions that helped fund the health system’s
pharmacy automation. In addition, UK Medical Center has implemented AutoPharm® Enterprise and AutoVault®.
Talyst is the leader in 340B splitting software. We understand a pharmacy’s need to optimize the value of the
340B program to improve patient care. With increasing complexity and the need for audit compliance, it’s critical
to have the right solution. Talyst offers a variety of 340B expert solutions: AutoSplit® 340B Software, AutoSplit®
Fully Managed, AutoSplit® Contract Pharmacy, and 340B Complaince Services. For over 10 years, Talyst has
supported over 400 health systems with their AutoSplit 340B solutions.
Are You Audit Ready? For more information, call 877.4.TALYST x1 or info@talyst.com.
Talyst.com | 877.4.TALYST
Contact us to order or learn more about Marathon LoggerPulse®.
(510) 562-6450 | www.marathonproducts.com
Marathon LoggerPulse® is the ideal browser-based solution for multiple users to manage & analyze data from
multiple loggers & locations via the internet. We are 21CFR Compliant: Controls for Closed and Open Systems;
Electronic Audit Trails for Regulatory Compliance
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Any location.
Any time.
Any users.
Real-Time Analytics
Historical Analytics
Dashboard Control
An Enterprise Software Solution for Managing The Cold Chain
®
Sends Alarm Notifications
by Cell Phone, e-mail or Text and
has Temperature & RH Humidity
Monitoring
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Humco
Compounding Syrup
and Suspending
Vehicles
humco Compounding - your
complete resource for oral
pharmaceutical compounding
bases and vehicles.
humco.com/professionals
855.925.4736
Syrups & Suspensions
For All Your Compounding Needs
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Next Generation Intelligent Dispensing
Learn how the revolutionary Model 4 dispenser can
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• Introduces self calibration of medications
• Maximizes prescription throughput
• Provides technology growth path
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• Advances patient safety
SmartCabinet
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MedPickRx for
Complete Inventory
Management by
TCGRx
Inpatient and outpatient hospital
pharmacies can fill prescriptions
faster, maintain a perpetual
inventory, lower operating costs,
and save space with medPickRx.
For the first time, your pharmacy will know
the count of every pill, in every bottle, and
when it expires at the touch of a button.
Additionally, MedPickRx is faster, more
accurate, and more configurable than
any other solution on the market.
Inventory Management
for Inpatient and
Outpatient Settings
TYPICAL SAVINGS
Before TCGRx After TCGRx
Accuracy
up to 50%
Space
up to 50%
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Labor
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Pharmacy Job
Opportunities
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FastPak® Verify
Ensures Patient Safety
Through Efficient
Medication Verification
fastPak Verify recently launched
as the ideal verification system
enhancing fastPak EXP high
volume packager to automate the
verification process for unit and
multi-dose medication packages.
Certified Geriatric
Pharmacist Credential
from CCGP
hospitals need board Certified
Geriatric Pharmacists to manage
the special needs of the increasing
numbers of older adults—medication
reconciliation, falls and other geriatric
syndromes, and participating in
geriatric teams (NIChE, aCE, etc.).
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Emporos
MerchantSoft Point of
Sale Simplifies Retail
for Better Patient Care
merchantsoft addresses the
unique needs of pharmacies by
quickly verifying prescriptions,
providing state of the art checkout,
and maintaining compliance with
state and federal regulations.
State of the Art POS Solutions
For Better Patient Care. MerchantSoftTM
For more information about MerchantSoft from
Emporos Systems Corporation, contact us at
877.716.2403, email sales@emporos.net or visit
us at www.emporos.net.
Addressing the unique needs of pharmacies by tracking
prescriptions from dispensing to delivery or pick-up while
maintaining compliance with state and federal regulations.
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FastPak Verify
FastPak EXP
Fast, Safe, Efficient Medication Verification
For more information on how our solutions can help pharmacies and facilities better
manage the impact of short cycle dispensing, contact us at 877-781-ABTG (2284),
e-mail info@abtg.com or visit us at www.ABTG.com.
The AmerisourceBergen Technology Group® logo and AmerisourceBergen® are registered trademarks
of AmeriSource Heritage Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
FastPak® is a registered trademark of AutoMed Technologies, Inc.
www.ABTG.com
Introducing FastPak® Verify—An automated universal pouch verification
system designed to work with FastPak EXP packaging systems. This new solution
enhances patient safety by verifying the contents of barcoded pouches based on
expected color, shape and quantity of contents. It also reconciles total number of
packages and checks for foreign objects too!
FastPak Verify promotes pharmacy efficiency, reduces staff workload and offers
greater control compared to the current manual process. Verification data is also
archived to identify trends, review errors and help minimize potential risks to the
pharmacy operation.
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Innovative Hospital
Solutions by Fagron
Providing tailor-made
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just minutes? fagron introduces
convenient and time-saving
compounding solutions.
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Fagron’s all-in-one omeprazole suspension
compounding kit – It is that easy!
The challenge1
Emma (2 years old) is frequently spitting
up and crying after feeding. Her parents
notice weight loss. After consultation with
her pediatrician, Emma is diagnosed with
gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
Emma’s pediatrician wants to treat her with
an omeprazole suspension, customized to
Emma’s needs. Commercially manufactured
preparations are not readily available.
Fagron’s innovative compounding solution
A simple process of adding the pre-weighed
omeprazole and 100 mL of water to the bottle
of SyrSpend® SF Alka powder enables the
pharmacist to prepare a stable2 and pleasant-
tasting omeprazole suspension in just minutes
for Emma. The Fagron Omeprazole + SyrSpend®
SF Alka kit provides the tools needed to
compound this cherry flavored suspension.
With focus on patient, prescriber and
pharmacist, Fagron ofers unique solutions
that add significant value in the individualized
treatment of patients with specific needs.
Fagron’s all-in-one kit ofers the pharmacist a
convenient and time-saving solution to help
patients like Emma.
Visit fagron.us to learn more about Fagron and
our innovative products, quality and concepts.
Fagron US - 2400 Pilot Knob Road - St. Paul - Minnesota 55120
info@fagron.us - Tel. 1-800-423-6967 - Fax 1-800-339-1596
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Omeprazole + SyrSpend® SF Cherry Alka Kit
1 Hypothetical case study.
2 Whaley PA, Voudrie MA, Sorenson B. Stability of Omeprazole in SyrSpend® SF Alka (reconstituted).
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