Why $200 – $1,000 hand held refractometers
don’t work?
Handheld refractometers are performance limited because their inexpensive components drift and fluctuate with temperature and sample conditions.
• A high volume, low cost method to combat drug diversion.
• Measurement time required – 10 seconds
Diversion is a problem, because 15% of healthcare professionals struggle with drug dependence at some point in their career contributing to the drug diversion problem.
• Testing returned Narcotics with VeriLinkRx® takes just seconds.
• Hospital pharmacists can integrate the VeriLinkRx® into their work flow by adding an audit or spot check routine.
Why $200 – $1,000 hand held refractometers don’t work?
Handheld refractometers are performance limited because their inexpensive components drift and fluctuate with temperature and sample conditions. Handheld refractometers work fine to differentiate between a 10° and 11° Brix food product, but they do not have the refractive index accuracy and temperature control stability to distinguish the Refractive Index difference between substances such as Fentanyl and water.
The VeriLinkRx® was developed by Rudolph using technology predicated on rigorous pharmaceutical standards such as USP<831>. To meet the verifiable ± 0.000005 reproducibility the VeriLinkRx® has a highly stable measurement and temperature control system. For temperature control, the VeriLinkRx® stabilizes the sample droplet to 20°C ± 0.01°C prior to measurement.
The operating system and graphical user interface are
designed using strict pharmaceutical compliance criteria.
Although Rudolph is relatively new to hospital pharmacies, it has a 60 year history supplying instruments for
pharmaceutical quality control.
The VeriLinkRx® is easily integrated into your hospital
pharmacy workflow.
• Testing returned Narcotics with VeriLinkRx® takes just seconds.
• Hospital pharmacists can integrate the VeriLinkRx® into their work flow by adding an audit or spot check routine.
• Audits can be done for individual staff, shifts or departments: returning narcotics can be routinely or randomly tested and deviations noted.
• Inspection of historical VeriLinkRx® data can show patterns requiring investigation or further action.
• Further action can include:
1.) Investigation of suspect samples.
2.) Third party testing.
3.) Urine testing for individual staff, shifts, or departments.
Do you know what is in your syringe?
• Diversion is a problem, because 15% of healthcare
professionals struggle with drug dependence at some point
in their career contributing to the drug diversion problem.
• Testing narcotics returned to the hospital pharmacy with
the VeriLinkRx®alerts staff to tampered or sub-therapeutic
dosage levels.
• The VeriLinkRx®can be used to test Morphine, Hydromorphone, Fentanyl, and other narcotics e.g. hundreds of injectable solutions have been tested and added to the system library.
• Standard existing chain of custody control measures like biometric
scanning, audit trails, passwords, and witness documentation
are not sufficient to ensure that narcotics are returned to
the hospital pharmacy untampered and undiluted.
• An analytical method, like Rudolph’s VeriLinkRx®, is a
reliable and cost effective solution to verify that the actual
narcotic is wasted.
• Outsourced laboratory testing is too slow and expensive
to test returned narcotics that are administered daily.
VeriLinkRx® Closes the Broken Link
in your Narcotics Chain of Custody Program
VeriLinkRx® is fast, easy, traceable, and accurate.
• A high volume, low cost method to combat drug diversion.
• Measurement time required – 10 seconds.
• Sample volume – 200 microliters.
• Measurement information is stored in a searchable and exportable
database along with verification result, patient ID, medical staff,
time and date.
• VeriLinkRx® is easy to use with minimal training.
• Create a baseline drug reference library for each drug in your facility.
• VeriLinkRx®detects when Fentanyl has been diluted.
VeriLinkRx® makes your chain of custody program better.
• VeriLinkRx®verifies that dispensed and returned narcotics are the same.
• Integrates into your current work flow easily.
• Expands your current drug diversion program to include actual returned sample testing.
• Is an inexpensive, in-house analytical test to identify possible diversion issues.
• Action is only required when tested samples fail.
• There are no consumables, monthly fees, costly training, or specialized operators.
• VeriLinkRx® saves money by reducing third party testing.
