Monitoring Method And System
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Abstract
This invention relates to a monitoring method and system for monitoring the dispensing of medicaments in a hospital from a portable medicament dispensing station. The medicament dispensing station 3 has a first identification means 9 and a second identification means 13 for capturing identifiers relating to an individual wishing to dispense a medicament. A releasable locking mechanism 23 is provided that will allow dispensing of medicaments on appropriate identifiers being captured and authenticated. The identifier data is transmitted to a monitoring unit 5 over a communications network 8 and is stored in a remote monitoring unit memory 7 for future reference. By implementing such a system and method, tampering with the data input to the system is obviated and traceability and accountability are facilitated.
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54 Claims
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24. A method of monitoring the dispensing of medicaments in a hospital, in a system comprising a portable medicament dispensing station, a remote monitoring unit having memory and a communication network connecting the medicament dispensing station and the monitoring unit, each time an individual attempts to dispense medicaments from the medicament dispensing station the method comprising the steps of:
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the medicament dispensing station capturing a first identifier relating to the individual attempting to dispense medicaments from the medicament dispensing station; the medicament dispensing station capturing a second identifier relating to the individual attempting to dispense medicaments from the medicament dispensing station; the medicament dispensing station capturing the time at which the individual attempts to dispense medicaments from the medicament dispensing station; transmitting the captured first identifier, second identifier and time from the medicament dispensing station to the remote monitoring unit over the communications network; the remote monitoring unit storing the captured first identifier, second identifier and time in remote monitoring unit memory for future reference. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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- 34. A medicament dispensing monitoring system comprising at least one portable medicament dispensing station and a remote monitoring unit, in communication with each other by way of a communication network, the monitoring unit having memory for storage of monitoring data thereon, the medicament dispensing station having a first identification means to receive a first identifier relating to an individual dispensing medicaments from the medicament dispensing station and a second identification means to receive a second identifier relating to the individual dispensing medicaments from the medicament dispensing station and a clock, the medicament dispensing station further comprising means to transmit the first and second identifiers along with time data to the remote monitoring computer over the communication network and the monitoring computer having means to store the first and second identifiers and the time data in memory as monitoring data.
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43. A method of monitoring work practices of an individual in a workplace, in a system comprising a data entry module, a remote monitoring unit having memory and a communication network connecting the data entry module and the monitoring unit, the individual having an identification tag thereon and the system having means to determine the position of the individual wearing the identification tag in the workplace over time, the method comprising the steps of:
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tracking the position over time of the individual in the workplace; sending the position data of the individual to the monitoring unit for storage in monitoring unit memory; the individual entering task data in the data entry module indicating that a task has been completed along with data identifying the individual; sending the task data to the remote monitoring unit for storage in monitoring unit memory; collating the position data and the task data for subsequent inspection. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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