ValuMed Pharmacy uses a 30 or 31 day disposable punch card system also known as bingo cards.  The card is sealed with 300 degree heat and over 250 pounds of pressure for a short period of time.  This ensures that the card WILL NOT COME APART and will stand up to medication passes until the card is depleted.  Some of our competitors use "cold seal" cards that are flimsy and will come apart.  This leads to wasted medication for your residents as well as non-compliance at the facility.

The cards are packed at our pharmacy according to calendar day of the month.  If an antibiotic is to be given on the 7th through the 16th of the month, our staff will package the doses in the appropriate bubbles. 

This system offers greater sanitation than many of the competing systems.  Did you know that a competitors plastic dispensing system is to be washed in HOT WATER every time it goes back to the pharmacy?  Is your pharmacy doing that?

Our prescription labels contain the medication NDC number as well as the tablet/capsule imprint to allow for greater accuracy.  This system increases patient safety by enabling quick visual verification of the medication to be given. 

Time coordinated stickers are placed on each card to assist with medication pass.  Nursing is able to quickly identify which medications are to be given at a specific time.

Please give us a call at (712) 224-4040 to find out more of the advantages ValuMed Pharmacy has to offer.