System and apparatus for accurate drug inventory control
First Claim
1. Apparatus for dispensing and maintaining inventory control for a plurality of different medications in individual dosage forms, said apparatus comprising:
- .a plurality of selectively openable bags each presenting a transparent viewing panel;
a multiple-dosage card presenting a plurality of frangible, substantially. transparent, single dosage form-holding compartments therein, each of said compartments containing a single dosage form of a selected medication,each of said bags holding at least one of a corresponding multiple-dosage card for a selected medication;
means for releasably interconnecting a plurality of said multiple-dosage card-holding bags along a common marginal edge of the bags; and
an inventory control record sheet including markings thereon referencing each of the dosage forms of said different medications, and spaces associated with each medication reference for noting periodic usage of each dosage form of the different medications.
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Abstract
An improved method and apparatus designed to facilitate the dispensing and inventory control of medications is provided, preferably in the form of a book (16) containing a plurality of transparent bags (10-14). Each of the bags (10-14) holds one or more multiple-dosage cards (32-36) including a plurlaity of transparent, frangible, single dosage form-holding compartments (38). Each bag is moreover provided with medication and dosage form information (25), preferably along a side marginal edge thereof. A record sheet (52) is also provided which includes reference markings (54) for each of the medications and dosage forms contained within a respective bag (10-14), along with spaces (56) for noting periodic usage of each dosage form of each different medication. Periodic inventory control is accomplished by counting the individual dosage forms of each medication through the outer transparent bags (10-14) and the compartments (38), and correlating the counted number of each dosage form of each medication with the inventory control record 52.
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1. Apparatus for dispensing and maintaining inventory control for a plurality of different medications in individual dosage forms, said apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of selectively openable bags each presenting a transparent viewing panel; a multiple-dosage card presenting a plurality of frangible, substantially. transparent, single dosage form-holding compartments therein, each of said compartments containing a single dosage form of a selected medication, each of said bags holding at least one of a corresponding multiple-dosage card for a selected medication; means for releasably interconnecting a plurality of said multiple-dosage card-holding bags along a common marginal edge of the bags; and an inventory control record sheet including markings thereon referencing each of the dosage forms of said different medications, and spaces associated with each medication reference for noting periodic usage of each dosage form of the different medications. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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