Monitoring drug packaging in clinical trial process
First Claim
1. A method for automatically tracking compliance in a clinical trials process involving the operations of preparing a label comprising textual information, applying the label to the container, and performing one or more following operation relating to the container comprising:
- providing a container having associated therewith an identifier comprising a radio frequency identifier comprising an antenna for transmitting or receiving radiofrequency energy, and an integrated circuit chip connecting with said antenna, said chip comprising a memory having a unique signature item written thereon;
providing an apparatus comprising;
means for selecting said container by reading the unique signature data item on the memory, means for writing said unique signature data item to a relational database, means for preparing a label comprising textual information and applying the label to the container;
means for checking that the correct label has been applied against a compliance standard and, following the successful completion of applying the label to the container, for writing an associated compliance data item to said relational database and to the memory of the identifier;
selecting the container by reading the unique signature data item on the memory;
associating the identifier with said container;
reading said unique signature data item to the relational database;
performing the operation of applying the label to the container;
checking the that the correct label has been applied to the container against a compliance standard;
following the successful application of the label to the container, writing an associated compliance data item to said relational database and to the memory of the identifier;
wherein the compliance data item includes an acknowledgement that the correct label has been applied to the container;
then further comprising performing one or more following operation selected from list consisting of;
introducing the correct type and quantity of a drug substance for trial, placebo or comparison drug substance into the container;
applying or removing a closure to or from the container;
storing the container in a predetermined location and subsequently removing the container therefrom;
storing the container under suitable environmental conditions;
selecting the container and enclosing it in a secondary pack;
dispatching the container to or receiving the container from a predetermined address;
transmitting information relating to the container to a predetermined recipient and, receiving information relating to the container from a predetermined recipient;
checking the performance of each following operation against a compliance standard;
and following the successful completion of each said following operation, writing an associated compliance data item to the database and to the memory of the identifier.
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Abstract
A method for automatically tracking compliance in a clinical trials process involving one or more operations comprising selecting a container; associating an identifier with the container, the identifier having a unique signature data item thereon; reading the unique signature data item to a relational database; performing a first operation relating to the container; checking the performance of the first operation against a compliance standard; following the successful completion of the first operation, writing an associated compliance data item to the relational database; optionally performing one or more further operations relating to the container; and following the successful completion of each optional further operation or a package thereof, writing an associated compliance data item to the database.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for automatically tracking compliance in a clinical trials process involving the operations of preparing a label comprising textual information, applying the label to the container, and performing one or more following operation relating to the container comprising:
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providing a container having associated therewith an identifier comprising a radio frequency identifier comprising an antenna for transmitting or receiving radiofrequency energy, and an integrated circuit chip connecting with said antenna, said chip comprising a memory having a unique signature item written thereon; providing an apparatus comprising;
means for selecting said container by reading the unique signature data item on the memory, means for writing said unique signature data item to a relational database, means for preparing a label comprising textual information and applying the label to the container;
means for checking that the correct label has been applied against a compliance standard and, following the successful completion of applying the label to the container, for writing an associated compliance data item to said relational database and to the memory of the identifier;selecting the container by reading the unique signature data item on the memory; associating the identifier with said container; reading said unique signature data item to the relational database; performing the operation of applying the label to the container; checking the that the correct label has been applied to the container against a compliance standard; following the successful application of the label to the container, writing an associated compliance data item to said relational database and to the memory of the identifier; wherein the compliance data item includes an acknowledgement that the correct label has been applied to the container; then further comprising performing one or more following operation selected from list consisting of;
introducing the correct type and quantity of a drug substance for trial, placebo or comparison drug substance into the container;
applying or removing a closure to or from the container;
storing the container in a predetermined location and subsequently removing the container therefrom;
storing the container under suitable environmental conditions;
selecting the container and enclosing it in a secondary pack;
dispatching the container to or receiving the container from a predetermined address;
transmitting information relating to the container to a predetermined recipient and, receiving information relating to the container from a predetermined recipient;checking the performance of each following operation against a compliance standard; and following the successful completion of each said following operation, writing an associated compliance data item to the database and to the memory of the identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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