1998 Volume 118 Issue 5 Pages 159-167
Dispensing injectable drugs includes some complicated processes, and the automation of the process is required for its efficient operation in each process. In this study, we developed a new automatic dispensing system (EX-96T) for injectable drugs, which can be linked with an order entry system. The dispensing system consists of four units, which are computer-controlled : 1) stocker unit of empty trays, 2) dispensing unit in which ampules and vials for each patient are automatically arranged into the tray, 3) stocker unit of dispensed trays, and 4) verification unit to which the dispensed trays can be passed out from the stock unit. Moreover, in this study, we evaluated the above system by using continuous real prescriptions of injectable drugs, and found out that the established system works more reliably than the previously reported dispensing system [J. Hamada et al., Jpn. J. Hosp. Pharm., 22, 279-286 (1996)].
