Pharmaceutical waste identification system
5 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A pharmaceutical waste identification system presents pharmaceutical waste information and, in response to a client entering a pharmaceutical name, the system provides a pharmaceutical waste disposal recommendation. This recommendation can include a labeling recommendation for a container for the pharmaceutical, a disposal recommendation for an empty container previously containing the pharmaceutical, and a disposal recommendation for the pharmaceutical.
-
Citations
41 Claims
-
1. (canceled)
-
2. (canceled)
-
3. (canceled)
-
4. (canceled)
-
5. (canceled)
-
6. (canceled)
-
7. (canceled)
-
8. (canceled)
-
9. (canceled)
-
10. (canceled)
-
11. (canceled)
-
12. (canceled)
-
13. (canceled)
-
14. (canceled)
-
15. (canceled)
-
16. (canceled)
-
17. (canceled)
-
18. (canceled)
-
19. (canceled)
-
20. (canceled)
-
21. A computer program application configured for use in a medical dispensing software program to generate proper labels and disposal recommendations for pharmaceuticals, the application comprising:
-
pharmaceutical waste information associated with a pharmaceutical, the pharmaceutical waste information being gathered from a plurality of sources, wherein the pharmaceutical waste information includes information regarding finished pharmaceutical dosage forms of the pharmaceutical, the pharmaceutical waste information including analysis and notes from one or more reviewers of the pharmaceutical; and
a user interface that presents the information associated with the pharmaceutical waste information to a client, wherein the client enters a pharmaceutical name and is provided with a pharmaceutical waste disposal recommendation. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
-
-
30. A method of providing disposal recommendations for pharmaceuticals, the method comprising:
-
using a first processing system to maintain a pharmaceutical waste information processing unit that receives and processes requests for pharmaceutical waste information including data from reviewers and information regarding finished dosage forms;
receiving a signal for invoking the pharmaceutical waste information processing unit from a remote processing system via a network wherein the signal is transmitted when a client enters a pharmaceutical name; and
using the first processing system to operate the pharmaceutical waste information processing unit in response to the signal, wherein the response to the signal includes any one of the labeling recommendation for a primary container of the pharmaceutical, a disposal recommendation for an empty primary container of the pharmaceutical, and a disposal recommendation for the pharmaceutical. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
-
-
35. A device configured to receive pharmaceutical information and provide a disposal recommendation in response to the received pharmaceutical information, the device comprising:
-
an input component configured to receive a pharmaceutical identifier;
a memory containing programmed instructions that determines a pharmaceutical based on the pharmaceutical identifier and that provides a disposal recommendation based on stored information associated with the pharmaceutical; and
an output component that presents the disposal recommendation. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
-
Specification