6/27/2006 Wrong dose & then wrong anibiotic administered !?!?!
Beware of wrong prescriptions; My child is 10 months old, and twice in his short life two pharmacists have filled his prescriptions incorrectly.
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[June 27, 2006]
ValiMed(TM) Medication Signature Library Continues to Grow; CDEX Adds 14 New Medication Signatures
These new signatures include narcotics and antibiotics and expand the system's ability to validate additional high risk medications and therefore increase the value of the ValiMed (TM) Patient Safety Solution.
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[0021] The invention is also applicable in other situations. For example, the system can provide a non-invasive means for directly measuring and identifying chemicals and drugs (or containers suspected of containing such materials) at ports of entry or during routines law enforcement activities. Similarly, the invention can be used a local pharmacies to verify the quality of prepared and individually formulated medications and is also applicable to home health care uses whereby the patient can validate their own medications prior to use.
United States Patent Application 20050077476
Kind Code A1
Poteet, Wade Martin ; et al. April 14, 2005
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System and methods for detection and identification of chemical substances
Abstract
The invention provides a system and method utilizing, among other things, fluorescence spectroscopy in the ultraviolet portion of the electromagnetic spectrum to determine chemical species and concentrations. The basic measuring system includes optics, a spectrograph, a detector, and an energy source ("head" components), along with a computer and control electronics and power source capable of generating and detecting unique fluorescence signatures for individual and unique mixtures of chemical substances including, for example, prescribed and/or compounded medications, alcohol products, food types, synthetic drugs, narcotics, perfumes, liquids, and the like.
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Inventors: Poteet, Wade Martin; (Tucson, AZ) ; Marsteller, Laurence; (Tuscon, AZ) ; Shriver, Timothy D.; (Vail, AZ)
Correspondence Name and Address: HOGAN & HARTSON LLP
Assignee Name and Adress: CDEX, Inc
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