This study aimed to compare Xellia Pharmaceuticals’ Vanco Ready® Vancomycin Injection, a premix, room-temperature stable vancomycin IV formulation, with compounded lyophilized vancomycin in a simulated sterile compounding setting, to assess dispensing time and dosing accuracy. Twelve simulations were performed to compare Vanco Ready® Vancomycin Injection premix, room-temperature formulation to single-dose, immediate-use compounded IV vancomycin and to multi-dose, batch compounded IV vancomycin. The first part of the study involved assessing the total dispensing time (i.e., time Rx order is received to when product is available for administration), which also included the compounding time required for the single-dose and batch-compounded, lyophilized products. The second component of the study involved measuring dosing accuracy, a composite of the diluent volumes needed for reconstitution and the residual drug volumes remaining in the vials, after the prescribed dose was removed. Vanco Ready® Vancomycin Injection premix was statistically better than single-dose, immediate-use compounded product and batch-compounded product for both dispensing time and dosing accuracy (p<0.05). The total dispensing time for Vanco Ready® Vancomycin Injection premix was an average of 1 minute/37 seconds compared to the total dispensing time for the single-dose, immediate-use compounded product, 20 minutes/28 seconds, and the batch-compounded product (8 bags) 28 minutes/7 seconds (average of 3 minutes/17 seconds per bag), which were inclusive of product verification and compounding times. Based on the total dispensing time, there was a statistical difference (p<0.05) between the total dispensing time for Vanco Ready® compared to single-dose, immediate-use compounded product, and compared to the batch compounded product average. The dose accuracy for Vanco Ready® Vancomycin Injection premix was assumed to be 100%, due to the rigorous, quality controls in place for commercially manufactured premix medications. The dosing accuracy of the single-dose, immediate-use compounded product was 91.20% and the dosing accuracy of batch-compounded product was 84.32%. Based on the dosing accuracy, there was a statistical difference (p<0.05) between the overall dose accuracy for Vanco Ready® compared to single-dose, immediate-use compounded product, and compared to the batch compounded product average. Vanco Ready® Vancomycin Injection premix showed a statistical improvement in the total dispensing time and dosing accuracy when compared to single-dose, immediate-use compounded product and batch compounded product. The results of this study indicate that commercially manufactured Vanco Ready® Vancomycin Injection may be a viable alternative over pharmacy compounded, lyophilized vancomycin, for healthcare institutions to consider for non-pregnant patients.
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author = {Alexander James Sperry and James Cruikshank and Huong Hoang and Kato Nichols and George Edward MacKinnon III and Nashaat Zakaria Gerges and Abhay Singh Chauhan},
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abstract = {This study aimed to compare Xellia Pharmaceuticals’ Vanco Ready® Vancomycin Injection, a premix, room-temperature stable vancomycin IV formulation, with compounded lyophilized vancomycin in a simulated sterile compounding setting, to assess dispensing time and dosing accuracy. Twelve simulations were performed to compare Vanco Ready® Vancomycin Injection premix, room-temperature formulation to single-dose, immediate-use compounded IV vancomycin and to multi-dose, batch compounded IV vancomycin. The first part of the study involved assessing the total dispensing time (i.e., time Rx order is received to when product is available for administration), which also included the compounding time required for the single-dose and batch-compounded, lyophilized products. The second component of the study involved measuring dosing accuracy, a composite of the diluent volumes needed for reconstitution and the residual drug volumes remaining in the vials, after the prescribed dose was removed. Vanco Ready® Vancomycin Injection premix was statistically better than single-dose, immediate-use compounded product and batch-compounded product for both dispensing time and dosing accuracy (p<0.05). The total dispensing time for Vanco Ready® Vancomycin Injection premix was an average of 1 minute/37 seconds compared to the total dispensing time for the single-dose, immediate-use compounded product, 20 minutes/28 seconds, and the batch-compounded product (8 bags) 28 minutes/7 seconds (average of 3 minutes/17 seconds per bag), which were inclusive of product verification and compounding times. Based on the total dispensing time, there was a statistical difference (p<0.05) between the total dispensing time for Vanco Ready® compared to single-dose, immediate-use compounded product, and compared to the batch compounded product average. The dose accuracy for Vanco Ready® Vancomycin Injection premix was assumed to be 100%, due to the rigorous, quality controls in place for commercially manufactured premix medications. The dosing accuracy of the single-dose, immediate-use compounded product was 91.20% and the dosing accuracy of batch-compounded product was 84.32%. Based on the dosing accuracy, there was a statistical difference (p<0.05) between the overall dose accuracy for Vanco Ready® compared to single-dose, immediate-use compounded product, and compared to the batch compounded product average. Vanco Ready® Vancomycin Injection premix showed a statistical improvement in the total dispensing time and dosing accuracy when compared to single-dose, immediate-use compounded product and batch compounded product. The results of this study indicate that commercially manufactured Vanco Ready® Vancomycin Injection may be a viable alternative over pharmacy compounded, lyophilized vancomycin, for healthcare institutions to consider for non-pregnant patients.},
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