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4 mg, so if we needed a 16 mg bag, we'd have to pull four vials. With Leiters, it's just one,"
says Browning. This seamless process just adds an extra layer of confidence in the final
compounded product, he adds.
That's one of the reasons more than 90% of pharmacists and technicians surveyed internally
said the concentrated vials were easy to use, took less time to complete a dose compared to
a manual compounding processes, and would recommend the format to leadership.
WHY CONCENTRATED VIALS?
ASHP reports that health system pharmacies are faced with significant staffing
shortages – particularly among pharmacy technicians. Reasons cited in a recent survey
conducted by the organization include workload, work schedules and pay. Regardless of
why, the simple fact is that pharmacy managers are continually looking for ways to do
more with fewer resources by adding efficiency.1
Leiters concentrated vials add a lot of efficiency to pharmacy processes. Concentrated
vials reduce the time to compound medications by reducing manual steps. For example,
manually compounding a 16 mg/250 mL dose of Norepi diluent with commercially
available vials takes 34 steps from staging to pharmacist check. With the concentrated
vials, this is reduced to just nine steps.
ABOUT LEITERS
Leiters is an FDA-registered 503B outsourcing provider of compounded sterile
preparations and pharmacy services. Their team of experts in sterile pharmaceutical
manufacturing, compounding, and pharmacy provide a sophisticated understanding
of what it takes to elevate quality and consistency of supply in pharmaceutical
outsourcing. They combine a deeply experienced team, with robust processes, in a
state-of-the-art facility, to ensure delivery of the highest quality medicines.
1 "Hospitals and Health Systems Experiencing Severe Shortage of Pharmacy Technicians," ASHP, March 15, 2022:
https://www.ashp.org/news/20 22/03/15/hospitals-and-health-systems-experiencing-severe-shortage-of-pharmacy-technicians
Were the concentrated
vials easy to use?
53.85%
7.69%
38.46%
Very Likely
Likely
Neither Likely,
Nor Unlikely
Unlikely
Very Unlikely
Very Likely
Likely
Neither Likely,
Nor Unlikely
Unlikely
Very Unlikely
Did the concentrated vials
take less time to complete
a dose than the manual
compounding process?
92.31%
7.69%
Yes
No
58.33%
33.33%
8.33%
How likely would you recommend to
your leadership on continuing to use the
concentrated vials to save time, make
compounding easier and more accurate?
KEY PHARMACY SURVEY RESULTS
“
With our
previous product,
the vials only
came in 4 mg, so
if we needed a
16 mg bag,
we'd have to
pull four vials.
With Leiters,
it's just one.”
Nathan Browning, Pharm.D.
I.V. Room Supervisor
~ Mobile Infirmary