Denials elicit the same reply.
Diverters can cost your facility
dearly in a number of direct and
indirect ways, most notably in
jeopardizing safe patient care.
Single dose, prefilled syringes
arrive ready for administration,
eliminating having to prepare
them for administration and waste leftover medica-
tion, factors that provide a powerful safeguard
against the threat of diversion.
• Availability. Compounding pharmacies are
known for helping facilities obtain medications
when drug shortages are causing supply issues. Dr.
Wehling wonders if the COVID-19 pandemic will
have an impact on the availability of certain medica-
tions moving forward. "If drugs are harder to come
by, compounders may be able to get you the med-
ications that are in shortage when other suppliers
cannot," he says.
Closing the cost gap
If you're not yet ready to make the move to prefilled
syringes, keep an eye on the market. You may have
a change of heart because competition is steadily
driving costs down. "Prefilled syringes are still more
expensive than standard vials, but they don't cost
nearly as much as they did five or six years ago,"
says Dr. Vaida. When you combine decreasing costs
with the time-savings and increased safety associat-
ed with prefilled syringes, a strong case can be
made for transitioning to the convenient and cost-
effective option in drug administration.
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Helping you deliver
better medicine to
more people.
With increasing regulatory pressure and drug shortages,
access to quality medicine is more important than ever.
Leiters is an FDA-registered 503B outsourcing provider of
high-quality, compounded sterile preparations including:
Pre-filled syringes, IV bags and vials
ON-Q* Pain Relief System fill services
Opioid-free surgical pain services medications
Ophthalmology medications and
services including FDA-compliant repackaged Avastin®
ON-Q* is a registered trademark of Avanos Medical, Inc., or its affiliates. Avastin® is a registered trademark of Genentech, Inc.
COMPOUNDING HEALTH™
www.leiters.com | 800.292.6772
Prefilled syringes are still more
expensive, but they don't cost nearly as
much as they did five or six years ago.
— Allen J. Vaida, BSc, PharmD, FASHP
