As populations continue to grow older the use of prescription drugs is also on the rise. In a study conducted by the Institute of Medicine, approximately four out of five adults regularly take medication every week. Of that number nearly one third of these individuals take five or more pills per day. With prescription medication use at an all-time high, both patients and healthcare providers are having increasing difficulty figuring out which pills are which.
Determining whether a pill contains liquids, powders, or just a capsule is often difficult to discern with the naked eye. Further complicating this is that many medications have similar names which can lead to mistakes in prescribing them or in the daily use of these pills by patients. This can lead to serious health complications. One of the suggested solutions to this issue is to colour code medications to eliminate confusion.
By using spectrophotometers and colorimeters, drug manufacturers can create an effective colour coding system to give doctors, pharmacists and patients a system to help differentiate which medications are which. Spectrophotometers and colorimeters can be utilized to create specific colour standards for each kind of pill. Not only will their use effectively eliminate human error (which accounts for more than half of medication errors) it will provide a stable and consistent colours for each pill that will allow users to easily identify the correct medications.
In complying with the Pharmaceutical standards our devices are able to report data in a wide range of Pharmacopoeia indexes including Gardner; Iodine Color Number; Hazen/APHA; European Pharmacopoeia; US Pharmacopoeia.
Some of the challenges we can solve with colour measurement for Pharamceuticals:
- Measure the colour of tablets, pills, powders and liquids
- Control the colour of product during production
- Differentiate between different types of medicatioin using colour sorting
- Comply with global Pharmacopoeia standards
- Limit debates between customers and suppliers about colour
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CM-5 SPECTROPHOTOMETER
- Measure the colour of pills, tablets, powders and liquids
- Detect contamination and adulteration of products
- Comply with Pharmacopoeia standards
- Distinguish between different medicines based on colour
CR-5 COLORIMETER
- Measure the colour of pills, tablets, powders and liquids
- Control production with colour measurement
- Comply with Pharmacopoeia standards
- Distinguish between different medicines based on colour
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