Baxa Introduces New Amber Oral Dispenser Packaging for Ward and Bedside Applications
Baxa Corporation announces the release of new packaging configurations for its amber Exacta-Med(R) Oral Dispensers. Oral dispensers are syringe-like devices designed specifically to provide safe and accurate delivery of oral liquid medications, without the possibility of wrong-route administration through a patient’s IV or epidural line. Their amber coloring promotes further differentiation of oral dispensers from standard hypodermic syringes.
Englewood CO (PRWEB) March 7, 2005 -- Baxa Corporation announces the release
of new packaging configurations for its amber Exacta-Med? Oral Dispensers. Oral
dispensers are syringe-like devices designed specifically to provide safe and
accurate delivery of oral liquid medications, without the possibility of
wrong-route administration through a patient’s IV or epidural line. Their amber
coloring promotes further differentiation of oral dispensers from standard
hypodermic syringes.
The new products include Ward and Bedside packaging
of the Baxa amber dispensers in 1, 3, 5, 10 and 20 mL sizes. Ward packs offer
dispensers with attached tip caps for ease of use on nursing wards. Bedside
packs are bags of ten dispensers each for convenient access when oral
medications are drawn up and delivered in the patient’s room.
Baxa
Exacta-Med Dispensers were the first alternative to a syringe designed with a
special tip that prevents accidental injection of oral medications. These
dispensers are widely recognized as the safest means to deliver oral liquid
drugs. Because they cannot accommodate a hypodermic needle or actuate a needless
IV access port, The Institute for Safe Medication Practice and the UK National
Health Service, among other recognized authorities, recommend the use of oral
dispensers for all oral liquid doses.
Baxa Corporation introduced the
Exacta-Med Oral Dispenser in 1975. These dispensers are more accurate for drug
delivery than teaspoons or graduated cups and safer than using luer syringes for
oral medications. The wider tip design of the Exacta-Med Dispensers was
developed in cooperation with representatives and customers from large
children’s hospitals. The first to recognize the need for a dedicated oral
dispenser, Baxa is still the market leader today.
Latex-free Baxa oral
dispensers fit the needs of pharmacy, nursing and outpatient caregivers for safe
medication administration. Specially designed tip caps seal oral unit doses in
the oral dispensers until administration.
Adapta-Cap(TM) Bottle Adapters
fit standard pharmacy bottles to allow mess-free medication withdrawals into the
dispensers.
About Baxa Corporation
As a leading provider of devices
and systems for the preparation, handling, packaging, and administration of
liquid medications, Baxa manufactures and markets a wide range of healthcare
products for use in hospitals, critical care units and alternate-site
pharmacies. Headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, Baxa has subsidiaries and
sales offices in Canada, the United Kingdom; Denmark, and Germany; and
distribution partners worldwide. Further information is available at http://www.baxa.com.
Contacts:
Marian Robinson, Vice
President, Marketing
Baxa Corporation: 800.567.2292 ext. 2157 or
303.617.2157
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Maggie Chamberlin
Holben, APR
Absolutely Public Relations: 303.984.9801 or
303.669.3558
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