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PharMEDium – Compounding by 503B
Registered Outsourcing Facilities
PharMEDium is the national leader in customized pharmacy sterile
compounding for hospital intravenous and epidural therapies.
PharMEDium has been committed to developing quality processes
that facilitate the highest level of safety.
Founded:2003
Toll-free Phone:
(800) 523-7749
Fax:
(847) 234-1363
Address:150 North Field Drive, Suite 350
Lake Forest, IL 60045
Website:www.pharmedium.com
Company Background
PharMEDium is the nation’s leading provider of pharmacyoutsourced, ready-to-use sterile compounded preparations.
PharMEDium helps to: mitigate medication supply issues,
enhance patient safety efforts, reduce drug waste, and simplify
regulatory compliance. Our commitment to advancing patient
safety is embodied through enhanced labeling, packaging, and
bar code scanning technology designed to help reduce the
potential for medication errors.
As a trusted partner, PharMEDium reliably and consistently
works to meet our customers’ need for customized, ready-to-use
admixtures for critical medication therapies. PharMEDium, a part
of AmerisourceBergen, serves over 3,000 acute care hospitals and
ambulatory surgery centers through its four state-of-the-art FDA
Registered 503B Outsourcing Facilities, which are also licensed
as applicable by the States. Compounding centers processing
controlled substances are registered with the U.S. DEA.
At PharMEDium, highly trained and qualified personnel adhere
to rigorous quality standards and applicable cGMPs using only
FDA-approved sterile drugs and FDA-cleared sterile containers
to prepare our products. We monitor the process to detect and
eliminate variances, all of which allows us to achieve high-quality,
safe compounded sterile preparations.
PharMEDium helps meet the demands placed on hospitals and
surgery centers to ensure that patients receive their medications on
time and as prescribed. PharMEDium provides a broad portfolio
of medications used for pain management, operating room
anesthesia, intensive care, nerve block, and labor and delivery to
hospital pharmacies and surgery centers as an extension of their
sterile I.V. and epidural programs. PharMEDium’s robust supply
chain, redundant centers, and strict allocation process help us to
provide for superior continuity of service during drug shortages,
natural disasters, or local disruptions.
Customer Support
As a PharMEDium customer, you not only deserve the highest
level of quality, you deserve the highest level of service. That’s
why we assign a team of professionals to ensure each customer
receives the same high level of support and that it continues in
effect over the course of our relationship. Your team will supply
what you need — from the emergency room to the operating
room to the patient’s room. Our team is here to provide:
• 24/7 Customer Support
• Evaluation of Drug Usage and Waste
• Clinical In-Service Resources
• Medication Tray Standardization and Configuration
• Answers to Clinical Inquiries and Documentation Requests
• GPO/IDN Contract Support
Ordering Information
With multiple ways to purchase, including Electronic DEA Form 222
controlled substance ordering system (CSOS), getting compounded
admixture services from PharMEDium is simple and easy. To learn
more, please call PharMEDium customer service at (800) 523-7749
or visit www.pharmedium.com.
Product Overview
PharMEDium is committed to patient safety. Our approach to
developing state-of-the-art compounded sterile preparations
involves a complete analysis of the medication use process and
hospital pharmacy requirements. We invest in understanding
all aspects of drug therapies, drug dispensing, and emerging
technologies to deliver solutions that reduce the potential for
mediation errors and the associated costs.
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