Automated compounding reduces hospital costs and pharmacy errors

Author cites studies that automated compounding systems allow hospital pharmacies to “in-source” production, lowering the cost-per-dose and reducing inventory costs.

Dr. Niels Erik Hansen

Oct 13, 2015

Recent news of a $200 million fund to compensate victims of the bankrupt New England Compounding Center (NECC) is an extreme example of how expensive manual compounding errors can be.

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