Baxa Introduces New Oral and Enteral Liquid Dispensers with Purple Plungers to Increase Patient Safety
Specialized Baxa oral dispensers now have a purple plunger for immediate visual differentiation from IV syringes to prevent wrong-route administration errors. Oral dispensers are syringe-like devices with a unique tip configuration that cannot accommodate a hypodermic needle or actuate a needleless IV access port.
Ascot, Berkshire, United Kingdom, September 12, 2005 --(PR.com)-- Baxa Ltd introduces a complete range of new sterile Exacta-Med® Dispensers for oral and enteral medication delivery featuring clear barrels, non-luer tips and distinctive purple plungers. The new products were developed in response to concerns over wrong-route administration of medications and feed, and provide immediate and distinct visual differentiation from standard injection syringes.
Oral dispensers are syringe-like devices with a unique tip configuration that cannot accommodate a hypodermic needle or actuate a needleless IV access port. Baxa Exacta-Med Dispensers were the first devices specifically designed to provide safe and accurate delivery of oral liquids. The new dispensers’ purple plunger provides additional differentiation, makes training easier and further reduces the possibility of wrong-route administration through a patient’s IV or epidural lines.
The UK National Health Service and the US Institute for Safe Medication Practice, among other recognised authorities, recommend the use of oral dispensers for all oral liquid doses. David Cousins, Head of Safe Medication Practice at the National Patient Safety Agency (UK) acknowledges, “The NPSA welcomes any design initiatives that help users to differentiate different types of syringes, minimise the risks of wrong route errors and improve patient safety.”
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.
The new Exacta-Med Dispensers are supplied sterile and individually wrapped and available in 1, 3, 5, 10 and 20 mL sizes. Dispenser barrels feature graduations as low as 0.01 mL on the smallest size. These coloured-plunger dispensers are available in the European market only.
Baxa Corporation introduced the Exacta-Med Oral Dispenser in 1975. Oral dispensers are more accurate for drug delivery than teaspoons or graduated cups and safer than using injection syringes for oral medication delivery. The wide-tip design of the Exacta-Med Dispenser was developed in cooperation with representatives and customers from leading children’s hospitals. The first to recognise the need for a dedicated oral dispenser, Baxa is still the market leader today.
About Baxa Corporation
Celebrating 30 years of business in 2005, Baxa Corporation is a Denver-based manufacturer of medical devices and systems for preparing, handling, packaging, and administering liquid medications. The company manufactures and markets a wide range of healthcare products for use in hospitals, critical care units and alternate-site pharmacies. Privately held, Baxa Corporation has subsidiaries and sales offices in Canada, the United Kingdom and Denmark; and distribution partners worldwide. Further information is available at http://www.baxa.com.
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Contacts:
Stephanie Scott, Marketing Manager, Baxa Ltd. Ascot, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1344 890916 or Fax: +44 (0)1344 890917
email: s.scott@baxa.co.uk
Maggie Chamberlin Holben, APR
Absolutely Public Relations: 303.984.9801 or 303.669.3558
Email: maggie@absolutelypr.com
Oral dispensers are syringe-like devices with a unique tip configuration that cannot accommodate a hypodermic needle or actuate a needleless IV access port. Baxa Exacta-Med Dispensers were the first devices specifically designed to provide safe and accurate delivery of oral liquids. The new dispensers’ purple plunger provides additional differentiation, makes training easier and further reduces the possibility of wrong-route administration through a patient’s IV or epidural lines.
The UK National Health Service and the US Institute for Safe Medication Practice, among other recognised authorities, recommend the use of oral dispensers for all oral liquid doses. David Cousins, Head of Safe Medication Practice at the National Patient Safety Agency (UK) acknowledges, “The NPSA welcomes any design initiatives that help users to differentiate different types of syringes, minimise the risks of wrong route errors and improve patient safety.”
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.
The new Exacta-Med Dispensers are supplied sterile and individually wrapped and available in 1, 3, 5, 10 and 20 mL sizes. Dispenser barrels feature graduations as low as 0.01 mL on the smallest size. These coloured-plunger dispensers are available in the European market only.
Baxa Corporation introduced the Exacta-Med Oral Dispenser in 1975. Oral dispensers are more accurate for drug delivery than teaspoons or graduated cups and safer than using injection syringes for oral medication delivery. The wide-tip design of the Exacta-Med Dispenser was developed in cooperation with representatives and customers from leading children’s hospitals. The first to recognise the need for a dedicated oral dispenser, Baxa is still the market leader today.
About Baxa Corporation
Celebrating 30 years of business in 2005, Baxa Corporation is a Denver-based manufacturer of medical devices and systems for preparing, handling, packaging, and administering liquid medications. The company manufactures and markets a wide range of healthcare products for use in hospitals, critical care units and alternate-site pharmacies. Privately held, Baxa Corporation has subsidiaries and sales offices in Canada, the United Kingdom and Denmark; and distribution partners worldwide. Further information is available at http://www.baxa.com.
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Contacts:
Stephanie Scott, Marketing Manager, Baxa Ltd. Ascot, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1344 890916 or Fax: +44 (0)1344 890917
email: s.scott@baxa.co.uk
Maggie Chamberlin Holben, APR
Absolutely Public Relations: 303.984.9801 or 303.669.3558
Email: maggie@absolutelypr.com
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Maggie Chamberlin Holben, APR
303.984.9801 or 303.669.3558
http://www.baxa.com
Maggie Chamberlin Holben, APR
303.984.9801 or 303.669.3558
http://www.baxa.com
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