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• You'll save time. Time could be your greatest gain. Your anesthe- sia providers will have more time to monitor the patient and the equipment rather than handle medication vials and needles. One study found prefilled syringe use let clinicians spend more time with patients and led to quicker OR turnover. "Physicians', pharmacists' and nurses' time is not cheap," says Dr. Gonzalez. Injectable drug delivery If you're still not sold, pharmacy experts suggest a small sampling. Perhaps order prefilled syringes of a few of the drugs you use most often and a few of the drugs you waste the most. Or order syringes for induction, reversal and emergencies. One study examined 9 prefilled syringes: atropine, cefazolin, ephedrine, esmolol, glycopyrro- late, lidocaine, phenylephrine, suc- cinylcholine and vecuronium. "I generally prefer purchasing a drug in prefilled syringes if that option is avail- able because it mini- mizes the risk of microbial contamina- tion, coring a rubber stopper on a vial or the presence of 8 0 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E • F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 9 With increasing regulatory pressure and the need to reduce costs while improving the patient experience, access to quality medicine is more important than ever. Leiters is an FDA-registered 503B outsourcing provider ofˏhigh-quality solutions including: Intravenous (IV) injection prefilled syringes ON-Q* Pain Relief System fill services Ophthalmology injections and solutions COMPOUNDING HEALTH™ˏ leiters.com Your journey to better medicine begins here. Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) prefilled syringes

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