Patent attributes
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for sterilizing raw hazardous medicine and the filling and capping syringes disposed within closed and sterile plastic bags to provide sterile medical preparations apart from laminar flow hoods and like equipment. Of particular note, such methods are particularly applied to providing syringes filled with sterilized hazardous drugs while reducing concern for unintentional spills and sterilizing medical preparations and filling large numbers of syringes with steps reduced by novel apparatus and methods. Also, a capping plate is disclosed which provides a method for capping a plurality of male syringe luer fittings by a single displacement step followed by facile release of cap and associated syringe from the capping plate for use in a medical procedure.
