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The new Christchurch Pharmacy Services and Distribution Centre was opened by Prime Minister, the Hon. John Key at a recent reception.

The NZ$3.6 million medication compounding facility will service all six South Island District Health Boards (DHBs) who signed a joint public/private agreement with Baxter in 2009 for the provision of aseptic compounded products including chemotherapy for cancer patients and antibiotics delivered via the Baxter Infusor.

David Akeroyd, Managing Director ANZ says: 'Baxter is proud to be involved in this landmark private/public partnership and continue our investment and expansion to support the NZ health infrastructure. The Baxter Pharmacy Service facility will ensure capacity for the growing demand of compounded medications and continued support of the six local DHB's with all Baxter products, as well as Renal home patients from one consolidated facility.'

Baxter elastomeric Infusors provide 24 hour continuous antibiotic infusion using a small, portable and simple elastomeric pump device. Many HITH wards find the device central to increasing ward efficiencies, as well as patient satisfaction.

The 24 hour infusion offers both hospital and patients requiring antibiotics the convenience of once-a-day visits to change the device. In some cases, changing the Baxter Infusor could also be done by a household family member.

Watch our demonstration video for an overview of the simple procedure for changing the Baxter Infusor.

We invest heavily in research and development to bring you the most convenient product and services. One of the areas we continually research is the stability and shelf life of compounded antibiotics in the Baxter Infusor.

We've created a handy feature on the website that allows you to choose a particular antibiotic, and instantly retrieve it's stability and shelf life data.

Click here to access the shelf life data feature.

A many of you may be aware, the Victorian Department of Health conducted an extensive, externally conducted review of HITH programs across Victoria in 2009, with a final report just recently published.

The review confirms the many of the benefits of Hospital in the Home programs, and also outlines some recommendations for HITH going forward.

Click here for more information about the review and to access the final report.

We'd love to hear your HITH story and share it with the rest of the HITH community or feature it in one of our upcoming episodes of The Home Calling video series. So please, get in touch with your story or any feedback on The Home Calling.