At Lille University Hospital, a brand new robot will prepare part of the 60,000 chemotherapy treatments provided each year.
State-of-the-art technology that will speed up the preparation of treatments and dose them with great precision.
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In the center of a sterile and ventilated chamber, enclosed in a glass box, the articulated arm of the robot grips the manufacturing components of a chemotherapy bag.
For the first time in Europe, this brand new robot will prepare part of the 60,000 cancer treatments provided each year by the Lille University Hospital.
"It works with a gravimetric system, that is to say weighing the dose. The machine will recalculate the quantity of drug with great precision", explains Claude Sebag, from the ARxIUM company, designer of the robot.
Speed and precision
In a few days, this robot will be able to prepare chemotherapy treatments for the hospital 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
"With this system, we will improve the quality of the preparations that we deliver to our patients", rejoices Professor Odou, head of pharmacy at the CHU.
He hopes to eventually produce 60% of current production using these robots.
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Preparations that are more precise and faster to produce, which also improve the comfort of treatment sessions for patients, specifies Michèle Vasseur, pharmacist at the CHU. "There are days when patients wait several hours for their chemotherapy preparations. The idea is to anticipate certain standard preparations to reduce the waiting time for patients." This technology will also ultimately free up time for the manufacture of more complex treatments.