# Oncology pharmacy automation and compounding robots

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## TL;DR

Robots and closed systems that prepare chemotherapy doses safely, protecting pharmacists from hazardous drugs and patients from errors.

## Summary

IV compounding robots (Omnicell IV Station/iCompound, BD Cato, Loccioni APOTECAchemo, ARxIUM RIVA, Equashield Pro) and closed-system transfer devices (BD PhaSeal, Equashield, ICU Medical ChemoLock) meet USP 800 hazardous-drug handling rules. Gravimetric verification and barcode workflows reduce dosing errors; adoption is uneven outside large centres.

## Fields

- Kind: Technology
- Status: established
- Last checked: 2026-09-08
- Tags: supporting
- Principle: Gravimetric dose verification, barcode reconciliation, and negative-pressure isolators or robots handle cytotoxics inside closed systems.
- Strengths: Worker safety; Dose accuracy and traceability
- Limitations: Capital and throughput; Integration with EHR order sets

## Connected records

- fronts: [Chemotherapy](https://onco.cc/fronts/chemotherapy/), [Supportive Care & Survivorship](https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/)
- technologies: [Closed-system transfer devices for hazardous drugs (PhaSeal, ChemoLock, Equashield)](https://onco.cc/technologies/closed-system-transfer-devices/), [Cytotoxic chemotherapy](https://onco.cc/technologies/cytotoxic-chemotherapy/), [Infusion pumps, ports, and ambulatory chemotherapy devices](https://onco.cc/technologies/infusion-devices-vascular-access/), [Oncology EHR modules and treatment pathways](https://onco.cc/technologies/hospital-information-systems-oncology/)
- companies: [B. Braun](https://onco.cc/companies/b-braun/), [BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company)](https://onco.cc/companies/becton-dickinson/), [Equashield](https://onco.cc/companies/equashield/), [ICU Medical](https://onco.cc/companies/icu-medical/), [Loccioni](https://onco.cc/companies/loccioni/), [Omnicell](https://onco.cc/companies/omnicell/)
- journals: [Journal of oncology pharmacy practice](https://onco.cc/journals/journal-of-oncology-pharmacy-practice/)
- roadmaps: [Chemotherapy roadmap: mustard gas → curative combinations → the warhead inside smarter drugs](https://onco.cc/roadmaps/chemotherapy-roadmap/), [Devices and physical therapies roadmap: heat and light → electric fields and focused sound → drug-releasing implants](https://onco.cc/roadmaps/devices-roadmap/)

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