Bozen, Sud-Tirol, Italy - Health Robotics reported overwhelming success at the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) 2011 Annual Symposium in Vienna, where its Executive VP Gaspar DeViedma was invited to publicly share the clinical, financial, and throughput/efficiency results at 45 of Health Robotics' global installations for two of its industry-leading robots: i.v.STATION and CytoCare.

Mr. DeViedma first thanked the hospital participants in the i.v.STATION Beta-Test program that successfully ended in January 2011, and afterwards shared the results of the production installations that followed the completion of the Beta-Tests. Outcomes included an average throughput of 35 patient-specific IV doses per hour [median IV dose compounded, auto-labeled and auto-capped in 1 minute 45 seconds; fastest IV dose in 1 minute 15 seconds], an average ROI of 6 months, no labeling errors, no drug-exchange errors, no drug-diluent errors, no reported cross-contamination, 100% success in sterility and ISO-5 air quality tests, and ISO7886-1 compliant accuracy in drug quantity.

"i.v.STATION hospitals' recently hosting visits have been very successful in proving i.v.STATION's flexibility, features, and benefits in a production environment. With both i.v.STATION and i.v.SOFT Assist now at productive use, prospective customers and industry experts can now verify Health Robotics' acclaimed total vision to expand beyond Oncology Automation in a production environment. An additional benefit from these successful outcomes is our ability to re-use most of the fully-tested i.v.STATION tools with our second-generation robot: i.v.STATION ONCO, well before any of our competitors are able to prove their 20+ year-old fictional claims that they can handle chemotherapy automation" stated Gaspar DeViedma, Health Robotics' Executive Vice President.
Mr. DeViedma's presentation and Q&A session [including the IV bags, bottles, syringes, needles, syringe caps, drugs, diluents, throughput, and costs supported and/or exhibited by Health Robotics at the 45 robot installations] is available for download [authorization required] at http://www.health-robotics.com/en/about-health-robotics/qa-sessions/

Mr. DeViedma followed its keynote address with the introduction of Health Robotics' new Cancer Therapy robot: i.v.STATION ONCO, including its like-for-like clinical, financial, and efficiency/throughput benefits now enjoyed by i.v.STATION customers. Mr. DeViedma additionally shared with EAHP Symposium participants the clinical and throughput/efficiency outcomes also experienced at American, European, and Asia-Pacific hospitals with Health Robotics' first Cancer Therapy robot: CytoCare; all of the above within the context of Health Robotics' All-Digital I.V. Room of the Future.

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