Alliance Medical choose the Karl100 Multi-Dose Administration System
3 February 2022
Alliance Medical Limited has recently chosen the Karl100 Multi-Dose Administration System for their radiotracer dispensing at their new Guildford PET-CT Centre. The system, set to be installed later this year, will go into the state-of-the-art facility based at Surrey Research Park.
In partnership with the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, the centre will help reach more patients by increasing scanning capacity and reducing waiting times. The Karl100 will be used primarily for FDG PET-CT scans and will greatly help with both operator and patient safety.
An exciting partnership
George Hunter, LabLogic Nuclear Medicine Product Specialist, said, “This is a really exciting partnership, and we are greatly looking forward to supporting this new Alliance Medical site with their autoinjection requirements. The Karl100 includes Tema Sinergie’s revolutionary Rad-Inject, the smallest fully automated injector for radiotracers, which allows multiple patients to be injected simultaneously.”
George recently visited Alliance Medical and spoke with the team overseeing the site.
Keeping the human touch
“The new PET-CT Centre is a really pioneering project, one that Alliance Medical is proud of,” said Dr. Peter Strouhal, Medical Director for Alliance Medical. “We chose the Karl100 because it is an excellent system that is easy to use, and the system’s safety was an important consideration.”
Angela Meadows, Head of PET-CT Clinical Services, explained, “By automatically perforating the dose vial septum, as well as drawing from the vial itself, the Karl100 significantly reduces staff radiation doses while still allowing us to be patient-facing. This helps us to keep the ‘human touch’ when patients may be feeling anxious or worried. The Karl100 is less bulky than a truly standalone unit, particularly with the freedom provided by the Rad-Inject component.”
Claire Fitzgerald, Unit Manager at Guildford PET-CT, said, “One of the purposes of the new site is to increase scanning capacity; potentially up to 40 patients a day. The Karl100’s potential speed of drawing up consecutive doses will enable smarter, faster working in busy units.”
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