The Big Little Things, Part I: Bevel Alignment

By Mitch Valdmanis, M.Eng. When a person sees RIVA operating for the first time, they see the robot dancing around the cell, shuttling items to-and-fro between subsystems; they watch as fluid is transferred between containers at one of the syringe manipulators; and they notice how the inventory carousels rotate around to present the correct inventory... Read more

Categories: Blog | Engineering
Tags: Automated Compounding System | Compounding | IV compounding | Pharmacy Automation | RIVA

Sanitizing Aseptic Compounding Consumables

Craig A. Boyce , RPh All consumables entering into an ISO-7 buffer zone must be sanitized by saturating the object with sterile isopropyl alcohol (sIPA) and wiping, leaving an adequate residual amount of sIPA so that the object remains wet for at least 30 seconds to kill viable organisms.   Upon introduction into the ISO-5 zone,... Read more

Categories: Blog | Safety
Tags: Automated Compounding System | Compounding | IV compounding | Pharmacy Automation | RIVAAseptic | Bacteria | Bacterial spores | Compounding | Consumables | Disinfection | First Air | ISO-5 | Port Disinfection System | Safety | Sanitizing | Sterility | USP 797 | UV
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