Although a minority of pharmacies currently use IV workflow management systems, user satisfaction is high, and the drive to achieve greater safety levels with compounded sterile preparations is fueling a slow but steady increase in adoptions. IT support is a strong determinant of system adoption; facilities with a pharmacy informaticist on staff are more than three times as likely to have implemented an IV workflow system.

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