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HANDLING OF MULTI-USE ITEM SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES

  • US 20080319575A1
  • Filed: 06/17/2008
  • Published: 12/25/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for designating multi-use items for a plurality of dispensing devices at a healthcare facility, the system comprising:

  • the plurality of dispensing devices for medications, each dispensing device including a plurality of bins for storage of medication; and

    a central server computer system, communicatively coupled with at least a subset of the plurality of dispensing devices, and configured to;

    receive a set of data identifying an unused dispenser of medication, the dispenser of medication configured for multiple administrations to a same patient;

    associate the dispenser of medication with a designation indicating the dispenser of medication is a multi-use item;

    transmit a first set of instruction data directing storage of the dispenser of medication in an item-specific bin at a dispensing device of the subset, the item-specific bin configured to store one or more items each available to a plurality of patients;

    receive a set of use data indicating a use of the dispenser of medication by a first patient; and

    transmit, in response to the received set of use data, a second set of instruction data directing storage of the used dispenser of medication in a patient-specific bin assigned to the first patient at the dispensing device.

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