HAWKES, KIMBERLY,SCHNEIDER, STEVEN E.,STIELAU, MARK
申请号:
CA2745147
公开号:
CA2745147C
申请日:
2009.12.04
申请国别(地区):
CA
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要:
A dispensing system and associated method (10, 510) provides a turnkeysolution for dispensing pharmaceuticalproducts such as solid medications and nutritional supplements (20, 512) to betaken orally in health care settings, including butnot limited to long term care (LTC) and assisted living settings (514) Inanother aspect of this invention, an overall pharmacysystem and methodology begins with bulk medications and supplements (20, 512)introduced into the work flow, individually packagedand assembled into med pass orders per patient and delivered to the LTCfacility or other institution (514) for patient consumptionThe process according to one embodiment of this invention begins by convertingbulk medications and supplements(20,512) to packaged unit doses (16, 518) and ultimately individually packagedmed pass bags (47,520) for each patient on a24-hour schedule