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Ameridose News
Ameridose Attends ISMP IV Compounding Safety Summit
As part of our ongoing commitment to support hospital patient safety initiatives, Ameridose attended the 2011 IV Compounding Safety Summit organized by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP). The Safety Summit was held on October 25th and 26thin Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania and was initiated to promote safe practices for the compounding of IV admixtures dispensed by hospital pharmacies. At the event, educational presentations and discussions addressed the topics of USP 797 regulations, manual preparation of compounded sterile products, quality control of Compounded Sterile Preparations (CSPs), and safe use of technology in CSP preparation.
ISMP works closely with healthcare practitioners and institutions, regulatory agencies, consumers, and professional organizations to provide education about medication errors and their prevention. The organization represents more than 35 years of experience in helping healthcare practitioners keep patients safe and continues to lead efforts to improve the medication use process.
Ameridose Presents Second and Third Quarter Sustainability Results
Ameridose is proud to announce strong sustainability results for the second and third quarters of 2011. Recycled materials generated from Ameridose facilities were close to half a million pounds for each quarter, with a combined total of 874,327 lbs. Corrugated cardboard was the most significant recycled material with 302,850 lbs, empty glass medical vials contributed 99,730 lbs, and LDPE #4 film amounted to 59,649 lbs.
Additional Ameridose sustainability efforts during the period included a facility-wide energy audit. As a result of the audit findings, Ameridose will install new energy efficient interior and exterior lighting at its facilities. Some of these new lighting units will feature digitally controlled LED lamps and motion sensor-activated high intensity fluorescent fixtures.
As part of its long-term energy program, Ameridose has installed a powerful onsite backup generator for production, giving its hospital clients additional peace of mind. “During the recent Hurricane Irene power outage suffered by millions in the Northeast, Ameridose was able to continue on with production as a result of its generator power which transitioned seamlessly to standby power for the entire facility throughout the storm,” stated Steve Higgins, responsible for Ameridose facility management. View Press Release
Ameridose to Sponsor Health Connect Partners 2011 Fall Hospital Pharmacy Conference
Ameridose is pleased to announce its participation as a sponsor of the 2011 Health Connect Partners Fall Hospital Pharmacy Conference. The conference will take place from September 26-28, 2011 at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, AZ. The Hospital Pharmacy Conference connects healthcare providers and suppliers through a selection of educational meetings and conferences. The conference is known for its large scale Reverse Expo with hospital pharmacy-hosted booths. Suppliers have a unique opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of their clients’ needs and preferences.
“Ameridose is excited to support this year’s Health Connect Partners Fall Hospital Pharmacy Conference and the many health-system pharmacists it serves. Each year I look forward to working with the Health Connect Team to create a rewarding experience for attendees,” stated Inna Svirskiy, Marketing Manager for Ameridose.View Press Release
Ameridose Sponsors Education Session for Health Trust University Conference
Ameridose is pleased to have been an education sponsor for the HealthTrust University Conference & Vendor Fair on August 15-17 in Nashville, Tennessee. The 2011 event included the participation of 3,400 attendees and over 250 exhibitors. Ameridose has been an “on-contract” vendor for HealthTrust since 2008 and, of course, hosted a booth at the Vendor Fair.
Bill Douglas, National Vice President of Sales, stated that “Ameridose is excited to be able to support HealthTrust University Conference’s educational programs for a second year. As a company, Ameridose stands deeply committed to continuing education in the health-system space as a proven way to facilitate the dissemination of learnings that lead to advancements in patient care and hospital practices.”
Ameridose Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Compliance Presents at LSHP Annual Meeting
Ameridose, LLC, a leading nationwide provider of sterile admixing services to hospital pharmacies, is honored that Ameridose Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Compliance, Sophia Pasedis, PharmD, was invited to speak at the 2011 Louisiana Society of Health-System Pharmacists (LSHP) Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Dr. Pasedis’ talk, Enhancing Patient Safety through USP <797> Compliance, covered the basics of USP <797> and offered tips on how to achieve continuous compliance improvement in today’s resource constrained environment.
“At Ameridose, I have been involved with USP <797> compliance on a daily basis, so, of course, I was thrilled to receive the request to offer an ACPE program on USP <797> at the LSHP Annual Meeting. I was pleased to find the annual meeting to be very well-attended and the audience fully engaged in the topic of USP <797>. My personal objective was for each attendee to take away something they could implement in their own facility,” stated Sophia Pasedis, PharmD, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Compliance for Ameridose, LLC. View Press Release
Ameridose Sponsors LSHP Annual Meeting
Ameridose, LLC, a leading nationwide provider of sterile admixing services to hospital pharmacies, is pleased to have contributed to the 2011 Louisiana Society of Health-System Pharmacists (LSHP) Annual Meeting as both an Educational Sponsor and an Event Sponsor.The annual meeting took place at the Hilton Riverside in New Orleans, May 26-28 and featured an exciting range of educational programs. Topics addressed the broad range of issues that are of current concern to health-system pharmacists and technicians, including drug resistance, ESA risk, USP <797> compliance, and more.
“LSHP is truly focused on advancing public health by supporting the professional needs and interests of Louisiana’s health-system pharmacists and technicians. The comprehensive programming at the 2011 LSHP Annual Meeting offered an outstanding demonstration of this commitment. Ameridose is delighted to support a strong local organization that is working to improve the quality of patient care,” stated Sophia Pasedis, PharmD, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Compliance for Ameridose, LLC. View Press Release
Ameridose Named Supplier of Choice for Texas Purchasing Coalition
Ameridose, LLC, nationwide provider of sterile admixing services to hospital pharmacies, has been selected as supplier of choice for Texas Purchasing Coalition (TPC) hospitals. The TPC Group currently includes 10 integrated delivery network healthcare systems with 27 facilities, together generating over $750 million in supply chain spend. While Ameridose has been working with several TPC hospitals, this March 1, 2011 agreement extends Ameridose sterile admixing services to all 27 TPC facilities.
“Ameridose is proud to be the official TPC vendor of choice for sterile admixing services. With our outstanding range of offerings, Ameridose provides an excellent fit for the needs of TPC and its member facilities. We are thrilled with this exceptional opportunity to support pharmacy operations and patient care for each of TPC’s associated hospitals,” said William Douglas, Vice President of National Sales for Ameridose. View press release
Ameridose Reveals Strong First Quarter Sustainability Results
Ameridose, LLC, nationwide provider of sterile admixing services to hospital pharmacies, is pleased to share impressive sustainability results for the first quarter of 2011. The combined total of recycled materials generated from Ameridose facilities in the first quarter approached half a million pounds. Corrugated cardboard and empty glass medical vials were top contributing categories, totaling 150,000 lbs and 39,000 lbs respectively. View press release
Ameridose Demonstrates Commitment to Customer Care Excellence
Ameridose, LLC, a leading nationwide provider of sterile admixing services to hospital pharmacies, demonstrates its unrelenting commitment to customer care excellence through the appointment of Mr. Todd DeAngelis to serve as Vice President of Innovation and Customer Experience. He is charged with leading Ameridose to new standards of excellence around customer experience and ease of doing business. In addition, Mr. DeAngelis will evaluate company-wide processes to ensure that Ameridose continues to incorporate client service best practices and the latest innovative techniques and technologies.View press release
Health Connect Partners: 2011 Spring Hospital Pharmacy Conference
Ameridose is pleased to be a sponsor of the Health Connect Partners 2011 Spring Hospital Pharmacy Conference that will be held on May 2-4, 2011 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Antonio, Texas. The Hospital Pharmacy Conference is designed to connect providers and suppliers through educational meetings and conferences.
Ameridose Sponsors Executive Forum for Pharmacy Leadership Institute
Ameridose is proud to sponsor the Executive Forum for Boston University School of Management’s annual Pharmacy Leadership Institute program. This year’s Executive Forum will focus on “Engaging the C-Suite for Change.” The event, which is co-sponsored by the American Society of Health-system Pharmacists (ASHP), takes place on April 12, 2011 at Boston University School of Management’s Executive Leadership Center. The Pharmacy Leadership Institute works to incorporate relevant program curriculum, high-quality instruction, and peer interaction with the goal of helping health-system pharmacy leaders to broaden business skills, build managerial versatility, and develop leadership potential.
Ameridose recycled over 1.5 million lbs. in 2010 as part of its extensive corporate sustainability program. Ameridose also reduces its environmental impact by incorporating energy efficiencies into its operations. In April 2010, this included activation of a state-of-the-art solar panel power generating system. View press release
Agreement with Novation
Ameridose is delighted to announce the signing of an agreement with Novation, LLC, effective January 1, 2011, which confers approved supplier status to Ameridose on behalf of Novation member facilities. Novation is the industry's leading health care contracting services company, providing supply contracting services to nearly 25,000 VHA and UHC member organizations and to 5,500 Provista members.
Announcing Our Logo Redesign
We have redesigned our logo to reflect the energy, innovation, and precision that characterize Ameridose today.
Ameridose Opens New State-of-the-Art Sterile Admixing Facility:Westborough, MA (January 2011) - Ameridose, LLC, nationwide provider of sterile admixing services to hospital pharmacies, is pleased to announce the opening of its third and newest manufacturing facility. Located in Westborough, MA, the new 70,000 sq. ft. facility has been constructed using the finest building materials and contains state-of-the-art clean room equipment. Ameridose management states that the facility is designed to be fully redundant with other Ameridose facilities in order to ensure the outstanding reliability that customers expect from Ameridose. The facility's operations also support Ameridose's aggressive sustainability goals by incorporating the latest in environmentally friendly features.
Clean room highlights in the new Westborough facility include an HVAC system with energy efficient condensing boilers and ultrasonic humidification as well as over 400 fan-powered HEPA filter units rated at 99.9% efficiency. The energy-efficient, natural gas-fired, infrared radiant heaters installed in the shipping, receiving, and warehouse areas feature motion sensor controls for even greater efficiency. The facility construction plan incorporated a recycling program which resulted in the recycling of over 90% of all construction-related waste. Now operational, the facility complies with Ameridose's corporate sustainability policy which requires the recycling of all paper, glass, metal, plastic, corrugated cardboard, wood, and computer/electronic waste.
"This is the largest, state-of-the-art sterile admixing and repackaging facility in the nation. The new facility expands our capacity to accommodate new business and to offer current customers the security of another redundant facility. It's exciting and challenging to be the leading innovator in the pharmacy outsourcing industry, and I am so pleased to have played a part in seeing this expansion come to fruition," stated Dr. Sophia Pasedis, PharmD, RPh, and Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Compliance, Ameridose, LLC.
Dr. Sophia Pasedis, PharmD, RPh, and Ameridose Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Compliance, was the featured speaker at the October Chapter Meeting for the Southeast Louisiana Society of Health-System Pharmacists. The topic of her presentation was Improving Patient SafetyThrough USP<797> Compliance.
Agreement with Phoenix Health Care Management Services for VHA Georgia
Ameridose is pleased to announce the signing of an agreement with Phoenix Health Care Management Services for VHA Georgia members effective August 1, 2010. Ameridose has enjoyed long-term relationships with a number of VHA Georgia member hospitals, and, through this letter of commitment, the benefits of outsourcing with Ameridose will now be available to all VHA Georgia members. VHA Georgia represents a third of not-for-profit hospitals and health care systems in Georgia, with its membership accounting for over 50 percent of Georgia's hospital admissions.
Health Connect Partners 2010 Fall Hospital Pharmacy Conference
Ameridose is pleased to be a sponsor of the Health Connect Partners 2010 Fall Hospital Pharmacy Conference that will be held on October 11-13, 2010 at the Renaissance Hotel in Nashville, TN. If you are attending the conference, we invite you to visit our Hospitality Suite on Monday, October 11th at 7:30pm.
Ameridose is pleased to sponsor Session 1 on Tuesday, August 31st at the 2010 HealthTrust University Conference & Vendor Fair. The HealthTrust event runs from August 30 to September 1 at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV; we invite you to stop by and see us at booth #211.
Ameridose extends a warm welcome to over 850 new clients who have joined us in 2010. As we aim to provide you with unbeatable quality, selection, and service, we encourage you to let us know how we may better serve you.
Dr. Sophia Pasedis, Pharm D, RPh, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Compliance for Ameridose, presented on the Expert Panel at ASHP's Sterile Product Outsourcing Meeting in Bethesda, MD on June 15-16, 2010.
Ameridose sponsored the Pharmacy Leadership Institute’s Executive Forum on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 in Boston, MA. The Boston University School of Management and the ASHP Research and Education Foundation’s Center for Health-System Pharmacy organized the 11th annual Pharmacy Leadership Institute program from April 25-30, 2010. Dr. Sophia Pasedis, Pharm D, RPh, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Compliance for Ameridose, gave a brief presentation.
Read our Product Portfolio section in the April 2010 Pharmacy Purchasing & Products.
Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) designated Ameridose as sole source provider for outsourced sterile admixing services and oral dose repackaging effective February 4, 2010 for its Mid-Atlantic division. South Atlantic and East, West, and North Florida divisions designated Ameridose as sole source provider effective January 1, 2010. HCA is the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services with 163 locally managed facilities and 105 freestanding surgery centers in 20 states and England.
FirstChoice Cooperative awarded a bid to Ameridose as a dual source provider. FirstChoice Cooperative has a network of almost 12,000 members nationwide through its affiliations and management agreements with other National Cooperatives which include healthcare providers, city and county municipalities, educational institutions, and community businesses that add additional purchasing volume and strength to FirstChoice Cooperative.