System for verifying and recording drug administration to a patient
First Claim
1. A system facilitating verification of medication administered to a patient and making a record of same, said system comprising,scanner means for reading bar codes,a scale,bar code bearing medication containers stored in place on said scale before and after drug administration to the patient, anda bar code reader unit with display interfaced with said scale and scanner means, said unit being of the intelligent programmable type and capable of making a record and further capable of displaying instructions and data from bar codes read by said scanner means and weight data from said scale.
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Abstract
A progammable intelligent reader unit receives drug data from hand held and fixed scanners which read bar codes in place on syringes, ampules, vials, vaporizer controls, flow meters, etc., from or through which drugs are administrered to a patient. A scale additionally provides a data stream to the reader to provide a reader display of syringe weight before and after injection to enable the system user to immediately verify drug and dosage administered. A printer interfaced with the reader provides a time indicating anesthesia record. A program provides warnings, instructions and prompts for reader display to assist the system user.
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1. A system facilitating verification of medication administered to a patient and making a record of same, said system comprising,
scanner means for reading bar codes, a scale, bar code bearing medication containers stored in place on said scale before and after drug administration to the patient, and a bar code reader unit with display interfaced with said scale and scanner means, said unit being of the intelligent programmable type and capable of making a record and further capable of displaying instructions and data from bar codes read by said scanner means and weight data from said scale.
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7. A method of verifying administration of a medication to a patient consisting of the steps of,
placing a bar coded syringe on a scale interfaced with an electronic reader unit having a display, manually moving the bar coded syringe immediately before drug administration past a scanner also interfaced with the reader unit for scanning of the bar code on the syringe, observing the reader unit for drug names, replacing the syringe on the scale, and observing the reader unit display for verification of the drug name and dosage administered.
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11. A system facilitating verification of medication administered to a patient, said system comprising,
scanner means for reading bar codes. a scale, bar code bearing medication containers for placement on said scale before and after drug administration of their contents to the patient, and a bar code reader unit interfaced with said scale and scanner means, said unit being of the intelligent programmable type for displaying both instructions, data and warning messages from bar codes read by the scanner and input from said scale.
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