Poor medication adherence is a silent but growing epidemic. According to the American Heart Association, over 125,000 preventable deaths can be attributed to medication noncompliance each year, costing healthcare systems over $300 billion.
While it’s hard to pinpoint the exact numbers, experts estimate that over half of medications prescribed for people with chronic diseases aren’t taken as prescribed. Over time, this noncompliance can lead to serious, sometimes fatal, health complications like heart attacks and strokes.
Dosage cups help provide a powerful solution to this chronic issue, making medication compliance easier both at home and in hospitals.
Why Medication Compliance Is Challenging
There are many, often interconnected factors behind poor medical adherence, which makes it a particularly challenging issue to tackle. Most people want to keep up with their health, but inadequate health literacy and complex medication regimens can make it difficult for people to remember when, how often, and why they are taking each specific medication.
People may also simply forget to take their next dose, a problem that’s especially common for those with complex, multi-step dosage schedules.
With the right combination of proper medical guidance and convenient packaging, many of these challenges can be reduced.
How Dosage Cups Benefit Healthcare Teams and Patients
When health and wellness are on the line, small innovations can make a big difference. Here’s how Alltrista® dosage cups benefit patients, care teams, and pharmaceutical manufacturers:
Accurate Dosing
Both over- and underdosing medication can quickly lead to adverse reactions. To ensure accurate dosing, dosage cups are carefully designed to provide precise volume measurements with clear graduations, so patients can clearly see exactly how much medicine they’re taking. Our dosage cups are available in 7.5 mL, 15 mL, 25 mL, and 35 mL options to ensure precision no matter the medication.
Patient Hygiene
Reducing the risk of cross-contamination and infection starts with proper hygiene. Our disposable dosage cups are packaged to be sterile until the moment of use, so healthcare teams and patients can help minimize risk while ensuring accurate dosing.
Easy Administration
Liquid medication is easier to swallow and allows more flexibility in dosing. Additionally, children, the elderly, and people with disabilities can have trouble holding onto traditional pills or medicine cups. That’s why our dosage cups include side ribbing to prevent slips and spills.
Higher Medication Compliance
Fewer barriers can result in fewer missed doses. Alltrista® dosage cups are available in multi-pack sleeves to help with filling the correct dose to ensure accuracy; then patients dispose of the dosage cup once they’ve completed the designated regiment. This helps patients maintain routine with minimal confusion regarding dosage.
Convenience
Forgetfulness is one of the top reasons people forget to take their medicine. By making medicine as convenient to take as possible, people should miss fewer doses. And for healthcare teams, disposable dosage cups make patient care more efficient by eliminating the need to sort and clean reusable measuring tools.
Improved Safety
Before they ever reach a patient’s hands, our dosage cups are manufactured to ensure the highest level of hygiene. We operate Class 8 cleanrooms, which create a highly controlled environment to meet the strict requirements of medical-grade products.
Our ISO Class 8 cleanrooms include:
- Micron-level precision to maintain a sterile environment
- Temperature-controlled metrology laboratories that produce the most accurate, reliable measurements
- 60 air changes per hour of HEPA-filtered air
Material Innovation for a Healthier Future
Better health starts with the right tools −and the right partner to build them. At Alltrista, we have deep experience in pharmaceutical packaging that allows us to continually set the bar higher, so we can improve medication compliance and promote better outcomes for patients. Contact us today to learn more about our innovative dosage cups.
