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Pharmacy
Automation
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Care Patients
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Point of Care Medication Dispensing Devices
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Pyxis Medstaton 2000 Profileñ
dispensing devices are present on all inpatient care units.
These point of care dispensing cabinets interface with the
Pharmacy computer system, allowing for more medications than
in a traditional floorstock system to be stocked.
The majority of medications cannot be accessed by nursing personnel
until the physician order has been reviewed and verified by
the pharmacist. Other advantages of the system are reduced
time spent by nursing personnel inventorying controlled
substances, more efficient and timely re-supply of
medications on the patient care unit, increased medication
security and controlled substance accountability, and quick
access to first doses for stat medication orders.
A bar code restocking verification system (Par-X
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) is also utilized to add another layer of safety to the
automated dispensing system. Bar code scanning devices are
used within the pharmacy to ensure the correct item is
removed from the stock shelves at which time a bar coded
label is generated. When the items are delivered to the
patient care unit, another bar code scanning device is used
to ensure the medication is added to the correct location
within the Medstation.
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Controlled Substance Dispensing/Tracking System
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The CII-Safe-NVñ
system is
utilized in the Central Pharmacy area. This system of
hardware and software is designed to increase the accuracy
and accountability of controlled substance transactions
through the use of system access security controls, bar
codes, and integration with the Pyxis Medstation controlled
substance replenishment process. System software also
enables a number of management reports to be generated
including proactive diversion reporting.
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| III. Centralized
Robotic Dispensing Device.
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A centralized robotic dispensing device (Homerusñ) is utilized by UIHC to fill patient specific bins for the 24 hour cart fill. The center section
of the robot can store up to 15,800 unit dose packaged
medications with bar code identification on the labeling.
The system is multi-functional with the ability to
individually package and store medications from bulk
supplies, unload the medications into 24-hour patient
medication bins and place back into storage medications that
are returned following patient discharge.
Besides automating a number of processes which increases
the efficiency of medication distribution for inpatients,
the system also significantly increases the safety of the
medication distribution process through the use of bar code
identification on the medication packaging.
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| Ambulatory
Care Patients
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The
Ambulatory Care Pharmacies utilize state-of-the-art automation
to process prescriptions with accuracy and efficiency.
Currently, UI Hospitals and Clinics deploys two robots that
prepare prescriptions to assist pharmacists in dispensing
outpatient prescriptions. The ScriptPro SP200 Robotic
Prescription Dispensing System delivers filled and labeled
vials to the pharmacist for final approval. The system
utilizes bar code technology throughout the various filling
and checking steps for accuracy and quality control. Nearly
200 different tablet and capsule products are housed in
SP200, each product in its own universal dispensing cell. The
prescription vial the patient receives is labeled by SP200
with all required label components including instructions
typed in by pharmacy staff. Automation improves the efficiency
of prescription processing and allows pharmacists to focus on
providing patients with education on their medication and
working with prescribers on improving the selection and use of
medications.
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Last modification date:
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