The dosage and preparation of intravenous drugs requires the utmost precision. Healthcare professionals expect a secure software solution – one that is reliable, flexible and user-friendly
BD Cato™ is an integrated software solution that provides support throughout all stages of therapy: from long-term prescription planning to the preparation and the administration of cytotoxic drugs and other critical substances.
BD Cato™ offers a comprehensive overall solution: our prescribing, compounding and administration modules help connect physicians, pharmacists and the nursing staff. Additionally, the software solution can also operate as a stand-alone application in small pharmacies, as well as in large hospital networks or compounding centers linking up many different wards and facilities offering flexibility and the ability to grow with customers.
A digitally connected medication management solution.
BD Cato™ offers a connected solution that electronically sends messages from Prescribe to Pharmacy to Administration, so that changes and amendments can be communicated live. BD Cato™ modules can interface not only with our own BD Cato™ Prescribe module, but with other prescribing and electronic medical records (EMR) systems, as well as IV compounding robots.
This not only reduces the paperwork and phone calls involved, but also reduces the risk of transcribing errors and missed changes. The connected solution extends to bedside administration application BD Cato™ ReadyMed.
BD Cato™ Prescribe provides the functionality to enable users to take action wherever therapeutically relevant decisions are made. It allows attending physicians to plan therapies on a long-term basis.
BD Cato™ Pharmacy provides the functionality for the gravimetric and volumetric preparation of the prescribed medications including plausibility checks, setup for preparation and necessary tracking, traceability and documentation for validated environments.
Barcoded Medication Administration digital solution to help ensure hospitals fulfill the rights of medication administration.
BD Cato™ for TPN offers comprehensive software support for parenteral nutrition and covers the entire process from the prescription to documentation, supply and preparation with interfaces to TPN compounding machines.
BD Cato™ is not an isolated application but can be integrated into the existing IT infrastructure of the hospital.
"The introduction of BD Cato™ into our aseptic unit has reduced the risks we had in our current systems throughout the process. We have seen a decrease in operator errors with the safeguards that it offers and has afforded us a higher assurance of final product accuracy."
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BD Cato™ has been in the market since 1999 and in use by more than 400 sites in renowned hospitals and pharmacies across Europe, North America and Middle East (as of April 2020). Currently, the following language versions are available: German, English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, French, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Polish, Slovenian, and Spanish.
BD Cato™ Prescribe (version 2.49 and higher) is a medical device and fulfills the requirements for CE marking of the Regulation (EU) 2017/745 and is marked with
