Pivotell Ltd

Pivotell® Automatic Pill Dispensers are widely used by Health and Social Care professionals as part of a care package for vulnerable older people and those with learning difficulties who have difficulty remembering to take their medication.

Medicines compliance can be particularly difficult for those with a complicated pill regime. Health professionals have been aware for many years that non-compliance can result in unnecessary ill health to the user and significant additional costs to health and social services.

The use of the Pivotell^® Automatic Pill Dispenser can:-

Be a significant aid in improving the quality of life of users enabling them to remain living independently at home.

Form an important part of an overall 'home care package' enabling easy maintenance of the prescribed pill regime.

Enable self-medication and therefore avoids the need for carers, whether professional or family to be present on each occasion that medication is due, and therefore could reduce care costs.

If you are caring for someone and wish to be informed immediately if the person you are caring for has or has not taken their medication, then the Pivotell Advance GSM is an excellent solution.

Now with the Jointly care co-ordination app from Carers UK.

New Pivotell Advance and Mk3/11 dispensers now incorporate a premium silver ion technology that is introduced during the manufacturing stage. The antimicrobial technology significantly decreases microbes including E.coli and MRSA in just 15 minutes, with reductions of up to 99.5% achieved in 2 hours. It works continuously for the lifetime of the dispenser, protecting against all bacteria, mould and some viruses.

Daily living reminders

Medicines Management can be particularly difficult for those with a complicated pill regime. Non-compliance can result in unnecessary ill health for the patient, stress for the family, and significant avoidable costs to health and social services.

Pivotell® automatic pill dispensers are highly effective in helping vulnerable adults to remember to take their medication. Users report that this results in improved health, more independence and a better quality of life.

Everyone forgets to take their medication at one time or another

For those on a complex pill regime, not taking prescribed drugs at the right dose and at the right time can have major consequences, particularly if they are elderly or vulnerable.

A key benefit of Pivotell® automatic pill dispensers is that they make the correct dose, and only the correct dose, available at the correct time. All other pills are safely locked in the dispenser out of sight, helping prevent an incorrect dose or an overdose being taken.

The recent West Midlands Pilot* carried out a study of the benefits of Pivotell® automatic pill dispensers for patients who in many cases had some confusion, had difficulty remembering to take their medication and suffered adverse health consequences as a result.

As part of the study, Pivotell® automatic pill dispensers were provided to 380 people across the West Midlands region including people with poor memory such as those with Alzheimer’s and dementia. It also benefited patients with Parkinson’s, mental health issues, learning difficulties, physical difficulties, patients with long-term medical conditions on a daily pill regime, and the visually impaired.

The results showed that the use of Pivotell dispensers resulted in better self-management of medication, enabling a person:

to enjoy an improved quality of life
to remain independent at home for longer, and
to be less reliant on family members and health and social care services

Assessment is very important. If a person:

has a problem managing their medication
is on a stable medication regime
wants to take their medication correctly, but has some confusion

So that he or she:

has difficulty remembering time and date and
has difficulty makking rational choice about which compartmentto open in a medication blister pack or dossette box

Then they may be suitable for a Pivotell automatic pill dispenser.

Pivotell developments

Antimicrobial Protection

The plastics used in Pivotell dispensers contain antimicrobial protection, making them more hygienic, reducing the potential for microbial cross-contamination and the risks associated with it.

A typical user of a Pivotell dispenser may be vulnerable and with a weakened immune system. In normal use their Pivotell dispenser may be handled by multiple people; family, friends, Pharmacist, Carers and Health professionals as well as the person using it. Microbes may be transferred from any of those caring, to the person being cared for.

The BioCote silver based antimicrobial technology added to Pivotell plastics is long-lasting, proven effective against a wide range of microbes including bacteria, mould and fungi. Pivotell dispenser plastics have been independently tested against MRSA and Ecoli, and proven to reduce these by 99.9%.

Significant decreases in microbes in just 15 minutes
Reductions up to 99.5% achieved in 2 hours
Works continuously
Antimicrobial protection for the expected lifestyle of a Pivotell dispenser
Effective against all bacteria, mould and some viruses

BioCote technology is HACCP approved (food safe) and tested to the ISO22196 standard. Although an antimicrobial protected dispenser reduces bacteria on the surface, cleaning is still important as antimicrobial protection will not remove dirt, grease and grime.