The right drug with the right diluent for the right dose at the right time has been and remains the ever-present responsibility of a pharmacist. The introduction of IV Workflow Management systems (IVWFM) into the sterile compounding space has significantly reduced the effort and improved the chances of consistently meeting this responsibility. This type of quality assurance verification has been the primary use of IVWFM systems since their introduction into the United States in 2008 when DoseEdge Pharmacy Workflow Manager system (DoseEdge) was introduced. However, the pharmacist’s responsibilities continue to grow with the increasing number and ever more strict regulations and guidelines governing the processes for compounding sterile preparations and the environments they are prepared in.

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