INCREASE PATIENT SAFETY
It is estimated that neonatal patients are at least three times more vulnerable to harm due to adverse drug events and medication errors than the adult population. And patient deaths due to parenteral nutrition compounding errors have been reported.
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 Reduce the potential for medication errors by eliminating mental and manual calculations
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 Decrease time required to write and manage new orders, reducing potential mistakes due to interruptions
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 Eliminate handwritten orders, further reducing potential for misinterpretation and calculation errors
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 Provide a systematic workflow with checks at each step to ensure solubility and proper nutrient volumes
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 Eliminate manual entry of additive amounts into parenteral nutrition compounding software, eliminating potential error and increasing patient safety
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 Includes dose by weight, dose amount, dose volume, and the stock concentration so accuracy is achieved

DECREASE PREVENTABLE ADVERSE EVENTS; OPTIMIZE AND STREAMLINE PATIENT CARE
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 Leverage evidence-based, fully referenced neonatal-specific drug information
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 Automate complex calculations and provide dosage recommendations based on patient age, weight, and indication
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 Receive warnings for entered values, including dose, interval, administration, and concentration, which are considered outside the range of clinical appropriateness
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 Meet requirements for providing a complete medication order and improving communication among caregivers with electronic drug doses and parenteral nutrition orders, which provide printed medication orders and compounding instructions

SAVE TIME ORDERING AND COMPOUNDING
The parenteral nutrition (PN) order entry system in NeoFax provides an electronic PN order form; calculations for calories, osmolarity, and compounding; evaluation of calcium/phosphorus solubility; ability to interface with PN compounding system; and complete printed labels.
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 Provide appropriate dosage values based on gestational, postnatal, and postmenstrual ages with patient- and indication-specific drug-dosing calculators
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 Customize drug dosing and parenteral nutrition default values to meet your own organization's needs and preferences

INCREASE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY
Typical measures of productivity must be tempered by their impact on clinical outcomes. One advantage of providing NeoFax Premier for your clinical staff is that it enables them to work more efficiently while decreasing repetitive, manual tasks and actually improving patient safety. Key advantages include:
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 Making smarter decisions quicker
•   Cutting labor-intensive work from the Clinical operation
•   Reducing time spent on labor — improved productivity
Automating the parenteral nutrition workflow can save the clinicians on your staff between 40 and 60 minutes per patient per day. That represents a productivity gain for the clinicians involved in the process.