Today, Health Robotics announced it will now market its i.v.STATION ONCO, i.v.SOFT, and i.v.STATION products with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia-based Hospital Automation Technology (HAT) to pharmacists and hospitals within Saudi Arabia.
Health Robotics provides worldwide robotics-based technology and clinical software automation solutions.
"We are very pleased to improve our KSA-based marketing and technical support channels to Hospital Automation Technologies,” said Gaspar DeViedma, Health Robotics' executive vice president, in a press release. He added that the company will continue to monitor channel performance worldwide, and make necessary changes when appropriate, such as upgraded service, with technical improvements, as requested by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
"Health Robotics is the only company in the world that provides hospitals and pharmacies with both Robotics and Non-Robotics' based Intravenous Admixture Compounding Automation solutions for Chemotherapy, TPNs, Controlled Substances, Antibiotics, and other Ivs,” said Abdulrahman Al-Duailij, general manager of Hospital Automation Technology, in the press release. “We are extremely fortunate to be able to bring Health Robotics' life-critical medical devices to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, replacing AHCSC."
According to robots-and-androids.com, in many parts of the world, hospitals use robots for everything from prostate surgery, carrying laundry, delivering and retrieving supplies, and mixing and dispensing medicines, as Health Robotics’ robots do. In the U.S., a robot is often used to mix and measure medications, most of the time for those used in chemotherapy. Using a robot greatly reduces the chances of human error, which can be deadly for both patients and staff, as they are dealing with very toxic substances.
In March, CVS pharmacy said that pharmacists at one of its New Jersey locations may have given as many as 50 families the breast-cancer-fighting drug Tamoxifen, instead of fluoride tablets, for children over the last 60 days. I took Tamoxifen myself for a year and though it had few side effects other than hot flashes, it was unpleasant and certainly not meant for children!
Company officials say in the press release that Health Robotic’s v.STATION ONCO is a second-generation, or whole-genome cancer therapy compounding robot, which handles pre-attached lines to IV Bags; has a 15 to 25-percent smaller footprint than other I.V. robots; delivers up to 40 doses per hour instead of 20 doses, the current standard; has automated tamper-evident syringe capping; and radio frequency identification support, used to approve entry of authorized persons.
Edited by
Brooke Neuman
