American Health Packaging Launches New Exclusive Unit Dose Products

American Health Packaging launches two additional SKUs to its growing unit dose line. The launches include Tacrolimus 0.5 mg, 1 mg and 5 mg capsules and Metroprolol Succinate ER 25 mg, 50 mg, 100 mg and 200 mg tablets, which are American Health Packaging exclusives. American Health Packaging is the only bar-coded, unit-dose offering in the marketplace. Other recent launches that are not exclusive include doxycycline Hyclate 100 mg tablets and anastrazole 1 mg tablets.
 
American Health Packaging pre-packaged, unit-dose benefits the hospital pharmacy in several ways, including safety, pharmacy efficiency, cost savings, and liability management. With regard to safety, regulatory scrutiny ensures the highest product safety standards are met. Pharmacy efficiency enables a focus on vital patient care issues rather than in-house packaging tasks. The hospital pharmacy can also avoid the cost of expensive packaging equipment and associated staff personnel and protect pharmacy personnel and caregivers from mistakes associated with in-house packaging.

The company's new line now stands at more than 294 SKUs — nearly 90 of them are industry exclusives. These unit-dose launches are part of an ongoing commitment to support health systems’ vital patient safety and bar coding initiatives. All American Health Packaging unit dose items are bar coded to the dose level and are stability test to support extended shelf life. In addition, our packages feature color-coded labels and tall-man lettering to more easily distinguish products when selecting them for dispensing.

About American Health Packaging
 
Located in Columbus, Ohio, American Health Packaging has been in business for nearly 20 years. Our products support the bedside point-of-care and operating efficiency initiatives of health systems customers. Bar coded to the dose level, our unit dose line has grown substantially in recent years with more launches planned throughout 2010 and 2011. Many of our products are industry exclusives—available only from American Health Packaging. They are commonly awarded to GPO’s and are distributed by the major wholesalers.