BD Cato
BD · Model Cato
• Gravimetric verification - Real-time (weight-based) gravimetric verification alerts pharmacists of potential errors. • Barcode automation - Barcode verification helps detect errors related to the incorrect selection of a drug, diluent and final container. • Electronic documentation - The system supports compliance by providing an automated audit trail of each medication compounding procedure. • HIT interoperability - HIT interoperability facilitates order importing, dose queue management and inventory tracking in the preparation area. • Streamlined pharmacy workflow - The system reduces manual quality-control checks and provides guidance steps on how to correct drug compounding mistakes. • Reduced waste - The system helps track and manage inventory, while optimizing utilization of partial drug vials and returned admixtures.
Key tips
- ·When no category-specific guidance fits, default to the manufacturer's own service manual and the general troubleshooting method in the Engineer's Guide.
- ·Run an incoming and annual electrical safety test regardless of how niche the device is.
PM Checklist
Preventive-maintenance tasks typical of this equipment class. Perform to the manufacturer's procedure and your facility's policy - this is general reference, not a schedule for this specific unit.
- ·Follow the manufacturer's PM schedule
- ·Perform incoming and annual electrical safety testing per facility biomedical program
Typical Location
Where this class of equipment is typically deployed - general reference, not this unit's own placement record.
- Varies by device - check the unit's own manual for facility placement guidance
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