Unit Dose Solutions

Formed in 2005, Unit Dose Solution's mission is to provide packaging services to healthcare facilities (hospitals, long-term healthcare facilities, nursing homes, etc.) and small to mid-sized manufacturers in accordance with good manufacturing practices (“cGMP”).

At UDS patient safety comes first. Compared to other drug distribution systems within hospitals and long-term care facilities, unit dose systems are safer for the patient, with a proven reduction in the number of medication errors. Through both a bar code and human-readable label technology, our services are compliant with all major bedside verification systems.

Our Services

Healthcare Packaging

What if we told you that you could increase patient safety at the bedside, and employee efficiency while saving costs at the same time?

Our Healthcare Packaging Services Include:

• Ointment Pouches
• Liquid Cups
• Oral Syringes
• Unit of Use Bottles and Drams
• Oral Solid Pouches and Robot Ready
• Oral Solid Bingo Cards
• Overwrap Bags and Robot Ready
• Powder Cups and Pouches
• DEA Licensed CII-CV's
• Serialization and cGMP Compliant

Contract Packaging

Unit Dose Solutions’ Contract Packaging service perfectly caters to medium and small-sized manufacturers. Our strength lies in delivering the highest quality cGMP services, while saving your packaging costs at the same time.

Our Contract Packaging Services Include:

• Liquid Cups
• Oral Solids
• Powders
• Overwraps
• Ointments
• Robot Ready
• Unit of Use

Safecor Health

For more than 40 years, Safecor Health has helped institutional pharmacists reduce the challenging and time-consuming tasks of medication packaging. As an FDA-registered, DEA-licensed facility, Safecor Health repackages medications to the highest standards of quality in the industry following USP and ISMP guidelines, Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), and manufacturer packaging requirements.

Our Capabilities

Unit-Dose Oral Solids
Available in a range of packaging options including unit-dose strips and robot-compatible packaging and provides one-year expiration dating as supported by a stability program.

Liquid Unit-Dose Cups
Delivers and accurate dose to the patient, is available in multiple cup sizes, and provides one-year expiration dating as supported by a stability testing program.

Oral Syringes
Provides six-month expiration dating — supported by a stability testing program — a tamper-evident overwrap bag and is available in several oral syringe sizes ranging from 0.5 mL to 20 mL. Additional options include tamper-evident red caps and ENFit compatible syringes.

Hazardous Drugs on the NIOSH list
Compatible with USP General Chapter <800> and offers a bright yellow packaging option for both robot and non-robot packaging.

Controlled Substances
Addresses the packaging risks, regulatory compliance and lack of available unit-dose products for controlled substances — especially C-II drugs.

Additional Capabilities:

• Robot-compatible packaging, robot bar codes and robot overwraps
• Bar coding and labeling following FDA, ISMP and ASHP guidelines
• RFID tagging and flag labeling
• 340B hospitals supported

Why Safecor Health?

Safecor Health makes outsourcing your unit-dose repackaging easy by integrating the process right into your supply chain:

1. Your pharmacy buyer orders the bulk medications through your wholesaler.
2. Your wholesaler delivers your bulk drugs to Safecor Health, where we repackage the drugs according to your specifications.
3. The repackaged medications are shipped directly to your hospital pharmacy, ready to inventory and dispense.

Safecor Health performs numerous quality checks throughout the entire repackaging process and helps your pharmacy:

• Reduce cross-contamination and medication packaging errors
• Improve medication and patient safety
• Reallocate pharmacy resources
• Increase drug cost savings
• Avoid large capital purchases for packaging equipment

Safecor Health provides unit-dose repackaging services to more than 1,000 hospitals across the country and repackages for more than 75% of the U.S. News & World Report “Honor Roll” hospitals.

Start developing your comprehensive unit-dose strategy today!

Medical Packaging Inc., LLC

Medical Packaging Inc., LLC (MPI), a global healthcare packaging solutions provider for 50 years, provides innovative pharmacy packaging solutions for packaging oral solid and oral liquid medication, and overwrapping and labeling of ampoules, vials and syringes, which contribute to saving patient’s lives by reducing medication errors while also increasing efficiency and automation in pharmacy packaging operations.

MPI’s pharmacy packaging solutions, which include the packaging system, MPI-certified consumable materials and MPI’s exclusive Pak-EDGE™ UD Barcode Labeling Software, have been developed in adherence to industry specifications and meet the requirements of governing regulatory bodies for the repackaging of medication into unit dose. Optional integration to First DataBank drug data, imprints and images library, assists the pharmacy in reducing potential dispensing errors and increasing safety and efficiency.

MPI’s solutions for packaging oral solid medication include the Auto-Print® Standard packaging system, which packages sixty (60) packages per minute (ppm) and the Auto-Print® Express 90 packaging system, which packages ninety (90) packages per minute (ppm). Additional functionality can be achieved through the optional Oral Solid Feeder attachment, which packages bulk medication from the bottle into individual unit dose packages, the Variable Length Option, which allows for adjustment to the package length to accommodate packaging of non-standard sized tablets or capsules, and the Barcode Verifier Option, which automatically scans each package to assure that the printed barcode can be accurately scanned at the bedside.

MPI’s solutions for packaging oral liquid medication include the Fluidose® Series 6 packaging system for packaging medication into unit dose cups and the Auto-Draw® Syringe Filling System for packaging medication into oral syringes.

The Fluidose® Series 6, which packages twenty-two (22) packages per minute (ppm), dependent upon fill rate and viscosity, produces a single, barcoded, unit dose package containing liquid medication to be delivered to the bedside. Fluidose® Series 6 is compliant with The Joint Commission (TJC) regulations for dispensing oral liquid medication and is capable of dispensing volumes between 1 mL and 40mL. Additional functionality can be achieved through the Barcode Verifier Option, which automatically scans each package to assure that the printed barcode can be accurately scanned at the bedside.

The Auto-Draw® Oral Syringe Filling System is a semi-automatic solution that is capable of filling most oral slip syringes up to 50 mL in volume of varying viscosities providing the solution for batch filling of syringes with speed, accuracy and repeatability. Filling operations can be completed in a manner of seconds and no additional software is required. MPI’s Auto-Draw® is ideally used for oral liquid medication doses 1 mL or greater or for those medications that are not typically packaged in unit dose cups or are not commercially available in unit dose.

MPI’s solutions for ancillary packaging include overwrapping and labeling solutions for ampoules, vials and syringes. MPI’s overwrapping solutions include the Pharmacy Accessory Bagging System (PABS), which produces up to thirty-five (35) filled and sealed packages per minute. Labeling and barcoding is done directly on the bag, eliminating costly labels and allowing for customization of the barcode. Bags are available in several different sizes to accommodate even the most irregularly sized items. MPI’s Auto-Print® Max Bagger, packages in bags with a punched hole in the upper half of the package specifically for use with centralized, robotic systems.

MPI’s labeling solutions include the Pharmacy Accessory Label Printer (PALP), which is offered with either direct thermal or thermal transfer technology to quickly and efficiently print accurate barcoded labels for placement on ampoules, vials and syringes. Labels are available in several different styles to accommodate all labeling needs. MPI’s Auto-Wrap® Syringe Labeling System, with labeling and wrapping speed of up to twenty (20) syringes per minute, automates the process of labeling syringes and assists in increasing production throughput while reducing repetitive stress injuries (RSI) by producing a printed label and automatically wrapping it around a syringe in one single motion. The Auto-Wrap® can accommodate any type of oral or injectable syringe from ½ mL to 60 mL without any need for adjustment or changing of parts. Open-faced design allows for easy loading of label stock and access to all controls.

Medi-Dose

The Medi-Dose ® Group, known for its innovative solid and liquid oral unit dose packaging systems, has always had deep roots---family roots. This is not surprising since Medi-Dose began as a small family business. Medi-Dose was founded in 1971 when Milton Braverman, a former pharmaceutical company Territory Manager, formed his own company.

While developing Medi-Dose, we were often asked for other products. "Hey… why don't you have... ?" "Yo, I need... Can you get it for me?" So, we started EPS®, Inc. We were asked about liquid packaging to complement our solid oral systems. So, we developed TampAlerT®. We were asked about IV preparation. So we developed a line of IV additive disposable accessories. Filters? Yes! Tapes & Labels? Done! Trays, totes and bins? You got it! Bags? Absolutely! And that is how the EPS product line grew to what it is today.

Medication packaged and dispensed in syringes, ampules, tubing, suppositories and odd shaped bottles often pose unique labeling challenges for pharmacists and nurses. Conventionally shaped labels often prove inadequate for adhering to irregular shapes. Additionally, the same vital labeling that's placed on the medication being dispensed needs to be recorded on the original medication bottle or package as well as the patient record.

MILT® Makes It Easy!
Medi-Dose Information labeling Technology

MILT® the dynamic new unit dose labeling software for the Medi-Dose® and EPS LiquidDose® packaging systems, offers innovative bar coding, increased security and enhanced medication identification awareness - all for a surprisingly affordable price. Using advanced technology, MILT® by Medi-Dose® makes it easy to achieve optimum accurate, protection and performance for all your solid and liquid unit dose syringe and ampule labeling needs.