All Children's Hospital Selects ValiMed System For Medication Validation

Rockville, MD - CDEX, Inc., announced that All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida has selected the ValiMed Medication Validation System to perform end-product testing of compounded intravenous medications in its pharmacy departments, and validation of returned narcotics in its operating room suites and nursing units. The ValiMed System, developed by CDEX, gives clinicians a quick, cost-effective, and simple tool to ensure medication safety by verifying medications are correctly compounded. All Children's Hospital, a 216-bed teaching hospital affiliated with the University of South Florida College of Medicine, is a leading center for pediatric treatment, education, and research.

In a process that takes only seconds, the ValiMed System uses patent-pending technology to validate compounded doses of high-risk medications prior to dispensing. The system documents the accuracy of the medication dispensing process, and is used to validate narcotic returns as well as identify counterfeit medications.

"We are pleased that a nationally recognized institution, such as All Children's Hospital of Florida, is now using our ValiMed System for medication validation," said Jim Griffin, President and CEO of CDEX.

The ValiMed System uses light energy and a library of unique spectral fingerprints to validate drugs in a solution. The device validates that the correct drugs in the correct amounts have been added to the dose during the compounding process. The ValiMed Medication Validation System is distributed under an exclusive agreement with Baxa Corporation of Englewood, Colorado.

SOURCE: CDEX, Inc.