A free update for MILT 4, Medi-Dose’s industry leading unit dose labeling software, is now available. It includes the following new features helping to reduce the potential for medication error:
- Tall Man Lettering: This feature offers to format known drug names in the tall man lettering style (e.g. DOPamine instead of DOPAMINE) as recommended by the FDA and ISMP.
- CDC NIOSH List Matching: Newly entered and previously saved medication names are compared to the CDC NIOSH List of Antineoplastic and Other Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings, 2016. If a match is found, the user is notified that this medication may potentially be hazardous to handle.
- Auto-Lot: By user defined rules, Auto-Lot generates an incremental or random lot number when you print a label. This number is printed on the label, and it is stored in a dedicated field so it can be recalled in the electronic log.
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“We’re always working to improve the medication packaging experience for pharmacists while helping to reduce errors,” says Robert Braverman, President of Medi-Dose. “These new features, and other recent improvements like changing controlled symbol numbering from traditional Roman numerals to standard numbers (e.g. using 4 instead of IV) as recommended by ISMP, demonstrate the commitment we share with you to help protect the safety of your patients and practitioners.”
