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Robot designed to reduce pharmacy errors
upi ^ | April 26, 2008 | upi

Posted on 04/26/2008 6:15:56 PM PDT by Flavius

CHICAGO, April 26 (UPI) -- U.S. hospitals are starting to use pharmacy robots designed to eliminate life-threatening medication errors, Loyola University Hospital says.

The Chicago hospital said it is the first in the Midwest to use the PillPick, a two-armed robot that places single doses of medication in small plastic bags marked with a bar code to identify the drug. A nurse can scan the bar code on the medication bag along with the bar code on the patient's wrist band. The computer will sound an alert and an pop-up warning will appear if it is the wrong drug or the wrong dose.

The $1.5 million robot is manufactured by SwissLog Healthcare Solutions.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: robots
maybe if they eliminate people they wont have to worry about it
1 posted on 04/26/2008 6:15:57 PM PDT by Flavius
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To: Flavius

I’ve often wondered why pharmacies don’t have automated perscriptions refilling.


2 posted on 04/26/2008 6:27:23 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (OVERPRODUCTION......... one of the top five worries for American farmers.)
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To: Flavius

And what will happen if the robot is loaded with the wrong med/dose?

The time honored method of medication administration is best: the nurse that GIVES the med, verifies:
Right Patient
Right Medication
Right Dose
Right Time
Right Route

These are known as the “Five Rights of Medication Administration”, and when adhered to, functions flawlessly.


3 posted on 04/26/2008 7:40:39 PM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: Flavius

Not to worry. Soon the robots will be replaced by illegal immigrants.


4 posted on 04/26/2008 7:53:31 PM PDT by LiberConservative ("Typical" White Guy)
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To: Flavius

1.5 million? Leave it to the medical establishment to pad costs.


5 posted on 04/26/2008 8:35:21 PM PDT by glorgau
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I read the headline as Robot designed to reproduce pharmacy errors.

So the robots will be able to eliminate the people and then they won't have to worry about it.

6 posted on 04/26/2008 10:45:42 PM PDT by DeltaZulu
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