30 results about "Hazardous drugs" patented technology

A method for contamination-free transfer of liquid from one container to another, and devices to carry out the method are disclosed. Contamination-free transfer means that during the transfer process there is no (1) leakage of (a) the liquid, (b) air contaminated by the liquid, and (c) vapor from the liquid to the surroundings, and (2) surrounding contaminants from outside the containers that contact the liquid. The method's advantages include its simplicity, and the contamination-free transfer as defined above. The devices are adapted to effect contamination-free transfer of a hazardous drug to and from any container equipped with a standard connector port.

A device for priming and venting a hazardous drug within an intravenous administration set. The device includes various access ports and fluid channels to permit direct injection of a hazardous drug into the fluid reservoir, while eliminating the possibility of undesirable exposure to the hazardous drug. The device further includes priming and flushing ports to enable flushing of a hazardous drug from the system following an infusion procedure.

A device for priming and venting a hazardous drug within an intravenous administration set. The device includes various access ports and fluid channels to permit direct injection of a hazardous drug into the fluid reservoir, while eliminating the possibility of undesirable exposure to the hazardous drug. The device further includes priming and flushing ports to enable flushing of a hazardous drug from the system following an infusion procedure.

This drug delivery device delivers a drug between a syringe barrel and a drug container, and, by enveloping the entire the drug container used in drug delivery, prevents exposure to hazardous drugs adhering to the drug container. This drug delivery device includes: a first member connected to the drug container on the side of a stopper; a second member connected to the first member and to the syringe barrel; and a third member connected to the first member and covering the drug container in a sealed state. The first member has a first hollow needle member and a drug container holder, and the second member has a second hollow needle member. The third member has an opening portion, a bottom surface portion where the drug container is stably mounted, and a flexible member which is connected to the opening portion and the bottom surface portion.

The invention is a method that allows contamination-free transfer of a liquid from one container to another and devices including embodiments of a transfer apparatus and adaptors that are used to carry out the method. By contamination-free transfer of liquid it is meant that during the transfer process there is no leakage of the liquid or air contaminated by the liquid or vapors of the liquid to the surroundings and also that no contaminants from the surroundings come into contact with the liquid. The main advantages of the method, in addition to its simplicity, is that at no stage of the transfer procedure is there leakage of the liquid or air contaminated by the liquid or vapors of the liquid to the surroundings and also that no contaminants from the surroundings come into contact with the liquid. The present invention is particularly directed towards providing an apparatus that is adapted to effect contamination-free transfer of a hazardous drug to and from any container equipped with a standard connector port.

Convenience kits designed to provide for closed, but selectable liquid transfer from a vial to a variety of IV containers and medical syringes. In particular, a kit for fully enclosing a vial for safety in hazardous drug transfer is disclosed. Generally, the kits contain unitized parts wherever reasonable to limit makes and breaks. Further, pathway determining kits provide selectable pathways for purging connections wish flushing solution where makes and breaks are made between various fluid pathway involved parts such that, when disconnections are made, flush solution is resident at the exposed interface. Also disclosed is a 3-way valve as part of a closed, switchable pathway controlling subsystem by which pathways are selected for reconstituting dry medicine in a vial, displacing a measured dose of liquid from a vial, exchanging gas into the vial for displaced liquid, delivering the measured dose to an IV container.

A device for priming and venting a hazardous drug within an intravenous administration set. The device includes various access ports and fluid channels to permit direct injection of a hazardous drug into the fluid reservoir, while eliminating the possibility of undesirable exposure to the hazardous drug. The device further includes priming and flushing ports to enable flushing of a hazardous drug from the system following an infusion procedure.

A device for priming and venting a hazardous drug within an intravenous administration set (10). The device includes various access ports (44, 28, 86) and fluid channels (50, 150) to permit direct injection of a hazardous drug into the fluid reservoir (24), while eliminating the possibility of undesirable exposure to the hazardous drug. The device further includes priming and flushing ports to enable flushing of a hazardous drug from the system following an infusion procedure.

A hazardous drug deactivation wipe kit includes a first pouch having a one-way valve coupled to an end thereof, a second pouch, and a third pouch. The first pouch contains a wipe saturated in a hypochlorite solution, the second pouch contains a wipe saturated in thiosulfate solution, and the third pouch contains a wipe saturated in isopropyl alcohol solution. The deactivation wipe kit may be used in a clean room to deactivate most hazardous drugs on a work surface.

A device for priming and venting a hazardous drug within an intravenous administration set (10). The device includes various access ports (42, 26, 86) and fluid channels (50, 150) to permit direct injection of a hazardous drug into the fluid reservoir (24), while eliminating the possibility of undesirable exposure to the hazardous drug. The device further includes priming and flushing ports to enable flushing of a hazardous drug from the system following an infusion procedure.

A hazardous drug deactivation wipe kit includes a first pouch having a one-way valve coupled to an end thereof, a second pouch, and a third pouch. The first pouch contains a wipe saturated in a hypochlorite solution, the second pouch contains a wipe saturated in thiosulfate solution, and the third pouch contains a wipe saturated in isopropyl alcohol solution. The deactivation wipe kit may be used in a clean room to deactivate most hazardous drugs on a work surface.

The invention relates to a venous transfusion drug dispensing center, and belongs to a medical facility in a hospital. According to the technical scheme, the venous transfusion drug dispensing centercomprises a cleaning area, an auxiliary working area and a living area; the cleaning area comprises a dispensing room which is separated from each other and sealed in space, and the dispensing room isdivided into a dispensing room of antibacterial and hazardous drugs and a dispensing room of ordinary drugs and parenteral nutrition; the auxiliary working area is further provided with a matched finished-product transfusion review area, a drug and material storage room, a verification party printing room, a dispensing preparation room, a finished-product verification room, a packaging room and ageneral dressing functional room, and isolation facilities need to be arranged in areas with different cleanliness levels to prevent cross contamination. According to the venous transfusion drug dispensing center, a biosafety operating platform required by negative pressure and conventional transfusion dispensing are uniformly arranged in the venous transfusion dispensing center, the quality of afinished transfusion is ensured, the occupational injury is reduced, the air conditioning division management of the conventional dispensing environment and negative pressure dispensing environment is adopted, and the leakage of a toxic and harmful chemical drug preparation is avoided.

Contamination detection systems, kits, and techniques are described for testing surfaces for the presence of hazardous contaminants, while minimizing user exposure to these contaminants. Even trace amounts of contaminants can be detected. A collection kit provides a swab that is simple to use, easy to hold and grip, allows the user to swab large areas of a surface, and keeps the user's hands awayfrom the surface being tested. The kit also provides open and closed fluid transfer mechanism to transfer the collected fluid to a detection device while minimizing user exposure to hazardous contaminants in the collected fluid. Contamination detection kits can rapidly collect and detect hazardous drugs, including trace amounts of antineoplastic agents, in healthcare settings at the site of contamination.

Contamination detection systems, kits, and techniques are described for testing surfaces for the presence of hazardous contaminants, while minimizing user exposure to these contaminants. Even trace amounts of contaminants can be detected. A collection kit provides a swab that is simple to use, easy to hold and grip, allows the user to swab large areas of a surface, and keeps the user's hands awayfrom the surface being tested. The kit also provides open and closed fluid transfer mechanism to transfer the collected fluid to a detection device while minimizing user exposure to hazardous contaminants in the collected fluid. Contamination detection kits can rapidly collect and detect hazardous drugs, including trace amounts of antineoplastic agents, in healthcare settings at the site of contamination.

A wipe kit includes a pouch having a first compartment with a one-way valve coupled to an end thereof, a second compartment, and a frangible seal between the first and second compartments. The first compartment receives a liquid through the one-way valve and the second compartment contains a dry wipe. The frangible seal can be broken to permit liquid to flow from the first compartment onto the wipe in the second compartment. The deactivation wipe kit may be used in a clean room to deactivate most hazardous drugs on a work surface.

A locking element for a connector configured to connect two components of a fluid transfer system and a connector that comprises the locking element are described. The connector comprising the locking element is configured to provide continuous fluid channels between a first component and a second component of a fluid transfer system, the fluid is a hazardous drug and the connector is designated for safe and contamination-free transfer of said hazardous drug from first to second container while isolating the needle tips and causing no dangerous and harmful leaks.

The present invention relates to a method, a system, and a kit of parts for cleaning a surface contaminated with a hazardous drug or a hazardous drug related product, which involves cleaning in succession with a quaternary ammonium solution followed by an isopropyl alcohol solution.

The present invention relates to a method, a system, and a kit of parts for cleaning a surface contaminated with a hazardous drug or a hazardous drug related product, which involves cleaning in succession with a quaternary ammonium solution followed by an isopropyl alcohol solution.

The present invention relates to a method of cleaning a surface contaminated with a hazardous drug product involving cleaning in succession with a quaternary ammonium solution and an isopropyl alcohol solution.

This drug delivery device delivers a drug between a syringe barrel and a drug container, and, by enveloping the entire the drug container used in drug delivery, prevents exposure to hazardous drugs adhering to the drug container. This drug delivery device includes: a first member connected to the drug container on the side of a stopper; a second member connected to the first member and to the syringe barrel; and a third member connected to the first member and covering the drug container in a sealed state. The first member has a first hollow needle member and a drug container holder, and the second member has a second hollow needle member. The third member has an opening portion, a bottom surface portion where the drug container is stably mounted, and a flexible member which is connected to the opening portion and the bottom surface portion.

The invention discloses a Chinese traditional medicine composition for preventing and treating pig constipation. The Chinese traditional medicine composition is composed of, by weight, 10-70 parts of okra, 10-80 parts of fenugreek, 2-10 parts of radix ophiopogonis, 5-10 parts of salvia chinensis, 2-10 parts of radix polygonati officinalis, 2-10 parts of roots of Chinese trichosanthes, 2-10 parts of peppermint, 2-10 parts of roxburgh anoectochilus terminal buds, 2-10 parts of seeds of dodder, 2-10 parts of poria cocos, 2-10 parts of fructus liquidambaris, 2-10 parts of mulberry fruits and 17-20 parts of anemarrhenae. Material combination of the medicine is free of incompatibility, the occurrence rate of the pig constipation can be reduced obviously, good preventing and treating effects on the constipation are achieved, no toxic and side effect exists, using is safe, and no hazardous drug residue exists.

The invention discloses a pillow, and particularly relates to a drug pillow for treating the cervical vertebra. According to the drug pillow for treating the cervical vertebra, potential hazardous drugs cannot be taken by a user, sleep time is fully utilized for achieving the aim of treatment, the treatment efficiency is high, and the treatment effect is good. The drug pillow comprises a head pillow part and a neck pillow part. The neck pillow part is columnar, one side of the head pillow part is connected with the column face of the neck pillow part in the axis direction, the diameter of the neck pillow part is larger than the thickness of the head pillow part, separation cloth is arranged in the neck pillow part in the diameter direction, and the interior of the neck pillow part is separated into a traditional Chinese medicine chamber and a filling chamber through the separation cloth. Neck protection traditional Chinese medicine is arranged in the traditional Chinese medicine chamber, and second filling chambers are arranged in the first filling chamber and the head pillow part, and filled with elastic filler.

Apparatus for preventing accidental separation of an IV tube or spike from an IV medication bag or bottle, thereby preventing spills or leakage of hazardous medication and / or biohazards. The apparatus includes a top clamp to attach around the stem of a medication bag or around the neck of a bottle, a bottom clamp to attach around a drip chamber of an IV tube, and a connecting portion connected to both the top clamp and the bottom clamp, the connecting portion ensuring that the top clamp cannot be pulled away from the bottom clamp. The top clamp can be removably attachable so as to enable clamping and unclam ping at the bag stem or bottle neck for situations requiring sequential bag changes, in the case of multiple blood products, or multiple IV bottles. Or, the top clamp can be permanently attachable, which is useful in the context of chemotherapy or immune therapy.

Contamination detection systems, kits, and techniques are described for testing surfaces for the presence of analytes of interest, including hazardous contaminants, while minimizing user exposure to these contaminants. Even trace amounts of contaminants can be detected. A collection device provides a swab that is simple to use, easy to hold and grip, allows the user to swab large areas of a surface, and keeps the user's hands away from the surface being tested. The collection device also includes a test strip, and provides a closed fluid transfer mechanism to transfer the collected fluid from the swab to the test strip while minimizing user exposure to hazardous contaminants in the collected fluid. Contamination detection kits can rapidly collect and detect hazardous drugs, including trace amounts of antineoplastic agents, in healthcare settings at the site of contamination.

Methods for providing a plurality of convenience kits for sterilizing and delivering a quantity of medicine into the safety of a sterile chamber inside closed system (which can be disposed in a potentially contaminating field environment) are disclosed for container filling applications including Avastin. fortified antibiotic eye drops, mitomycin and hazardous drugs, in general. The containers can include medical syringes, eye drop bottles, vials and product quality assurance containers. A syringe needle cap effective in containment of fluids dispensed from a syringe while being primed is also disclosed.

Traditional Chinese medicine composition for preventing and treating ascites disease of pig frogs is prepared from components in parts by weight as follows: 20-40 parts of folium mori, mushroom and ganoderma mixed paste, 5-10 parts of silkworm chrysalis meal, 5-10 parts of persimmon, 5-10 parts of red radish, 5-10 parts of fructus crataegi, 5-10 parts of fresh dandelion, 5-10 parts of Noni, 5-10 parts of bitter gourd and 5-10 parts of rhizoma dioscoreae. Compatibility of the raw materials in the composition is guaranteed, the incidence rate of the disease of the pig frogs can be reduced obviously, and the composition has very good preventing and treating effects on the ascites disease of the pig frogs, has no toxic or side effects, is safe to use and is free of hazardous drug residues.

Presented herein are a robotic system that is configured for compounding and preparation of medications comprising non-hazardous drugs and a vented drug vial adapter. The robotic system comprises: a laminar flow cabinet; and at least one robotic arm. The vented drug vial adapter is designed to connect a drug vial to another component of a drug transfer system. The adapter comprises a hydrophobic filter that prevents passage of liquid while allowing air to pass through it and a vent hole to the atmosphere. The vent hole is located above the filter thereby allowing equalization of the internal pressure while preventing the drug from contaminating the atmosphere.

The present invention relates to a method of cleaning a surface contaminated with a hazardous drug product involving cleaning in succession with a quaternary ammonium solution and an isopropyl alcohol solution.