Research

Copies of recent Baxa research papers and journal articles may be downloaded here. To view them you will need a copy of Acrobat Reader.

Baxa Corporation

COBiz magazine profile of Baxa Corporation, September 2005


Automated Compounding

Drug Topics: Baxa Debuts First Windows-based TPN Order Entry System
Once error-prone, TPNs now safer with new system. Drug TopicsJanuary 2006
Sensitivity/Specificity Evaluation of Fluorometry to Enhance Safety in the Compounding of High-Risk Parenteral Medications
Using ACDs in the Practice of Pharmacy, International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding, January-February 2005.


Syringe Infusion

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Packing Sourcer Get Connected: Mike Hurst at Baxa Corporation reviews the history of enteral feeding tube to IV line misconnections, and argues that the time is right for change
Drug Topics May 2007: New Campaign Targets Neonatal Safety
Preventing Infections: A Case Study on Continuous Infusion of b-Lactam Antibiotics


IV Admixture

Pharmacy Practice News 19th Annual IV Devices Buyer's Guide 2005


Oral Liquid Delivery Systems

"Quick Compliance with Safety Alert on Oral/Enteral Syringes." Hospital Pharmacy Europe. July/August 2007.
NPSA Patient Briefing:  Promoting safer measurement and administration of oral liquid medications
NPSA Safety Alert:  Promoting safer measurement and administration of liquid medications via oral and other enteral routes
National Patient Safety Agency Oral & Enteral Syringe Use Poster
October 1993, Norwegian Directorate on Use of Oral Syringes
Guidelines on the handling of cytostatic drugs outside hospitals Norwegian Board of Healths safety series IK2520 1995
National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) Interim advice, February 2005: How to confirm the correct position of nasogastric feeding tubes in infants, children and adults
National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) Safety Alert: Reducing the harm caused by misplaced NG feeding tubes
Oral Medication Dispensers in Clinical Research," J of Clinical Research Best Practices, Vol. 2, No. 9, Sept. 2006


Hazardous Drug Handling

Key Research on Hazardous Drug Handling
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy? Surface Contamination Article
NIOSH Alert: Preventing Occupational Exposures to Antineoplastic and Other Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings
NIOSH to Issue Chemo Alert
NIOSH Alert Worker/Employer Summary
Occupational Exposure to Antineoplastic Agents: Self-Reported Miscarriages and Stillbirths Among Nurses and Pharmacists, Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, August 1999
OSHA Technical Manual, Chapter VI, Chapter 2: Controlling Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Drugs
September 2004 Online Journal of Issues in Nursing: Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs


Medication Validation

Improving Medication Safety: Use of Spectral Validation in High-risk Intravenous Medication (IV) Compounding in a Pediatric Hospital
The ValiMed System by CDEX: Using New Technology to Validate Returned Narcotics in the OR. Pharmacy Purchasing & Products


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