About Us
Codonics is a global company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, providing healthcare with some of the most advanced medical imaging and patient safety products in the world.
Codonics is a global business, providing healthcare with some of the most advanced patient safety and medical imaging products in the world from its headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio. Since 1982, Codonics has experienced exciting growth and award-winning achievements. Today, the company is represented in 110 countries with more than 60,000 product installations in renowned, cutting-edge medical facilities throughout the world. Codonics commitment to provide innovative products and market-leading solutions is changing the face of healthcare. Driven by a passion to engineer products that improve medication safety so significantly they are recognized as a standard of care throughout the world, Codonics extraordinary team of employees is highly enthusiastic and ultra-focused on improving healthcare delivery and patient outcomes.
Awards
The highest recognition a U.S. entity may receive for export expansion from the White House, Codonics was privileged to receive the 2011 President’s “E” Award by Department of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke in Washington, D.C. The esteemed honor recognized Codonics for making a significant contribution to the expansion of U.S. exports.
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MDEA, the medtech industry’s premier design competition, is committed to honoring the highest caliber finished medical devices, products or systems. Celebrating the achievements of medical device manufacturers responsible for cutting-edge products that save lives, improve patient healthcare and transform medtech, Codonics Safe Label System received the prestigious award in 2014.
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“Codonics continues to show exceptional insight within medication management and patient-reported outcomes by understanding the complex needs of this market and designing cutting-edge solutions for these needs.” – Frost & Sullivan 2014 Best Practices Award was awarded to Codonics Safe Label System.
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Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word “crowned,” Safe Label System was named 2012 Silver Stevie Award winner in the Best New Product of the Year category.
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Honoring “breakthrough innovations” that demonstrate dramatic impact on a specific industry or market or with the clear potential to create economic impact, Codonics Safe Label System was honored with the 2013 NorTech Innovation Award for improving the safety and accuracy of medication management.
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Awarded in 2011 by Health Care Heros for Advancements in Healthcare, Safe Label System was recognized by Northeast Ohio’s world-class medical community and leaders for improving patient safety.
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Honored as a Visionary for the cutting-edge Safe Label System, SmartBusiness Innovation heralded and awarded the technology in 2011 for helping to ensure medication safety and Joint Commission compliance in the operating room.
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A recipient of the Global Business Leadership Award for outstanding international strategic marketing and business practices, International Business Network awarded Codonics in 2011 with this distinguished honor.
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With an aggressive international exhibition schedule, representation in more than 110 countries and exports accounting for more than 70% of sales, Codonics was awarded the 2011 “Think Global” Medical Exporter of the Year award.
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A 2020 and 2019 award honoree, Codonics received the Evolution of Manufacturing Award which recognizes Northeast Ohio manufacturers who have proven to successfully evolve their manufacturing operations to adapt to the global economy.
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The Governor’s E-Award program recognizes the exceptional achievements in exporting. Codonics was honored in 2010 for outstanding global success with the Ohio eGov Award for Export Excellence by Governor Ted Strickland.
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Medication Safety Partners
Codonics has partnered with the top names in the industry to improve medication safety and patient care.
Simplify and improve medication management safety in the operating room with Codonics Safe Label System and the BD Pyxis Anesthesia Station. Today hospitals face enormous pressure to track medication inventory from the pharmacy to the OR, to comply with regulations and control spiraling inventory costs. Both the BD Pyxis Anesthesia Station and Codonics SLS help simplify complex OR medication preparation and administration processes.
- Brochure — Pyxis and SLS integration
- Brochure — Pyxis and SLS
- Brochure — Pyxis Anesthesia ES system
- Brochure — Pyxis Anesthesia system 4000
- Brochure — Pyxis Anesthesia ES System / Codonics SLS Integration
- Case Study — St. Vincent Charity Hospital
- Press Release — Carefusion and Codonics sign agreement
Intelligent Anesthesia Station provides systematic control of toxic and narcotic drugs while helping ensure consistent delivery of the five rights to create a standardization for drug management in the operating room.
Together with SLS, the combination improves medication safety by helping to eliminate drug swaps, syringe swaps and clerical entry errors. A seamless integration using the machine-readable barcode on a syringe prepared and labeled by SLS, customers will see improved accuracy as the drug, dose, and volume is properly identified and matched to the Space drug library settings. The user simply confirms the settings on the Space system to start.
iMDsoft is a global leader in high-end clinical information systems and EMRs (electronic medical record) for critical, perioperative and acute care. Their MetaVision Anesthesia Information Management System integrates with Safe Label System enabling the barcode on the the SLS syringe label to be scanned and documented to assist in complying with regulatory standards while improving workflow, efficiency, and accuracy.
Our newest partner, Fresenius Kabi, is a global health care company specializing in lifesaving medicines and technologies.
Scanning barcodes on Fresenius Kabi medicines using Codonics Safe Label System (SLS) may improve safety during medication preparation in the operating room or wherever medications are prepared. The SLS provides clinicians with visual and audible confirmation of the drug name and concentration, acting as a second set of eyes to reduce the potential for error.
Stocking Fresenius Kabi medicines in automated anesthesia carts integrated with Codonics SLS provides additional benefits, including improved inventory control, reduced stock-outs, and increased charge capture.
JVM INTIPharm Cabinet System is designed to complete the hospital’s closed-loop concept, tracking and controlling medications to improve patient safety and medication management. JVM INTIPharm Anesthesia Cabinet System offers the opportunity to improve care within the operating room by promoting safety and accurate dispensing.
JVM INTIPharm Anesthesia Cabinet System and Codonics Safe Label System (SLS) have been integrated to maximize workflow efficiency for medical professionals in operating rooms. Through system integration, the Codonics Safe Label System can print labels for any medication dispensed from the JVM INTIPharm Anesthesia Cabinet, enabling medical professionals to use easy-to-read, ready-to-apply full-color labels that comply with FDA guidelines. the ASA. For countries that do not implement the anesthesia cart but a regular cabinet system in the operation preparation room, Codonics SLS can be used together with the regular INTIPharm cabinets.
Codonics Safe Label System has teamed up with StockArt AnesthesiaSMART® mobile OR medication management cart to bring you a winning solution. The Anesthesia Cart conveniently and safely stores all the medications and supplies needed for a full day’s cases. Adding the Codonics Safe Label System allows you to reduce medication errors made during the selection, preparation and administration of injectable and intravenous medications, helping to ensure medication accuracy before, during and after surgery.
Codonics Safe Label System has teamed up with Omnicell® Anesthesia Workstation to bring you a winning solution. The Anesthesia Workstation conveniently and securely stores all the medications and supplies needed for a full day’s cases. The addition of the Codonics Safe Label System allows you to reduce medication errors made during the selection, preparation and administration of injectable and intravenous medications, helping to ensure medication accuracy before, during and after surgery.
- Advertisement — As seen on Pharmacy Purchasing & Products Dec 2013
- Advertisement — As seen on Pharmacy Purchasing & Products May 2013
- Case Study — Texas Children’s Hospital
- Literature — Omnicell and Codonics team up
- Literature — AWS Codonics
- Press Release — Omnicell and Codonics enter partnership
- White Paper — Colorado Children’s Hospital
- Training Video — Omnicell Integration
- Video — Omnicell Integration
Epic is the leading EHR (electronic health record) system. Syringes labeled by the Codonics Safe Label System can be scanned directly into Epic to electronically document drug name, strength and timestamp, display drug class color and identify if the patient has any medication allergies. This complete interoperability increases safety and provides accurate electronic documentation at the time of administration to help close the loop and make the OR consistent with hospital-wide BCMA (Bar Code Medication Administration) initiatives.
Foundation Partners
Codonics has aligned with foundations who recognize the need for improvement in patient safety, radiology and infection control and are working diligently to encourage adoption of technologies that can help prevent human errors, improve workflows and patient outcomes.
Codonics International
Codonics is represented in over 110 countries with tens of thousands of installations in world-class hospitals and clinics. Our mission is to improve medication safety by helping healthcare implement safe, consistent best practices that result in positive patient outcomes to create a worldwide standard of care.
