Pharmacists

Robotic IV Automation (riva) is a medical device developed by Intelligent Hospital Systems Inc. (IH Systems). Hospital pharmacies use riva to automatically and accurately prepare IV syringes and bags. By automating the preparation of IV syringes and bags, riva addresses the issues of safety for the patient and the pharmacy technician, efficiency and effectiveness in the pharmacy and the challenges of a changing regulatory environment.

riva will allow hospital pharmacies to compound sterile preparations in a United States Pharmacopeia (USP) 797 environment while outputting admixtures in either syringes or bags. The automation of repetitive and complex tasks reduces the incidence of errors and contamination.

Key Features:

• Electronic order entry
• Fully enclosed ISO Class 5 environment
• Fully automated preparation of syringe and bag doses...in any combination...in many sizes
• Up to 520 labelled, patient specific or batch doses, per 8 hr shift with one operator
• Complete electronic audit trail
• Designed to operate in the currently evolving regulatory environment

By using a combination of state-of-the-art technologies, riva eliminates human involvement in the actual admixture preparation process.

Why is riva an improvement on currently available systems?
riva represents the final piece of automation in the hospital pharmacy environment.

riva applications:

• Standard, off-the-shelf, sterile syringes and IV bags manufactured by a variety of companies
• Syringes (1 to 60 ml), IV bags (25 to 1000 ml) and drug vials (1 ml to 100 ml) can be loaded in any combination at one time, offering the user almost unlimited dose preparation options
• New sterile syringes for each fluid transfer so cross-contamination is virtually eliminated
• Production flexibility - both patient-specific and batch orders can occur within the same production run
• Aspetic conditions and rigorous verification - ensuring the highest degree of patient safety
• ISO Class 5 environment - allows production of non-hazardous (e.g., antibiotics) and hazardous drugs (e.g., chemotherapy) with greatly improved operator safety
• Waste handling and system cleaning have been designed to meet high standards of hygiene and operator efficiency
• System and data security is maintained by tiered access
• Various levels of alerts/alarms signal if operator intervention is required

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