JP2003093476A - Medicine container and medicine storage - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medicine container and a medicine storage capable of comprehensively managing medicine. SOLUTION: An IC chip is provided in every medicine container such as an ampoule or an infusion, and a number of pieces of information such as a type of medicine, a manufacturing date, an expiration date, a lot number, a date and time of storage in the medicine storage and patient information are stored in the IC chip. It is also possible to provide a composition capable of adding new information in an IC chip already stored with information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medicine container and a medicine storage which can comprehensively manage medicines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, medical accidents due to mistakes in drug administration and blood transfusion errors during blood transfusion have frequently occurred. In addition, theft of drugs has been one after another, and various drug storages have been developed to solve these risk management problems.

In a conventional medicine storage, medicines to be dispensed according to the prescription content input to the controller, or after the person in charge of taking out the medicine is authenticated, the prescription content is input and the medicine to be taken out. There is one that records the type of.

Specifically, a bar code is attached to a box in which a medicine at the stage of purchase from a pharmaceutical company is packed, and the same bar code is attached to a storage shelf of a medicine storage box in which the medicine is stored. Therefore, the replenishment work is performed while collating these with a barcode reader. On the other hand, authentication is performed by collating the data of the prescribed medicine with the bar code attached to the storage shelf in which the medicine is stored, and the medicine is taken out.

[0005]

However, in this method, when a plurality of types of medicines are replenished at the same time after the end of work, since a plurality of medicine boxes are opened, they may be replenished to different storage shelves by mistake. There is a nature. Furthermore, many medicines have a shape that is difficult to identify visually, and many medicines of the same kind have different doses, which is apt to cause human error in work. In addition, there is a problem that inventory management, such as who took what, when, for what, for whom, cannot be fully grasped.

In order to solve these problems, there has been proposed a medicine storage box in which a bar code is attached to the medicine itself taken out from a packed medicine box as shown in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-2625.

However, even if the medicine is stored in such a medicine storage, the amount of information that can be stored in the bar code is small, and for example, only the identification information of the medicine type can be stored, which is insufficient for inventory management. Further, there is a problem that quality control such as management of the expiration date of the drug is difficult.
Further, before the drug taken out of the drug storage reaches the patient, a larger number of people must work, and sufficient drug management is performed until the drug is delivered to the patient. There wasn't.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a drug container and a drug storage capable of comprehensive drug management.

[0009]

A drug container according to the first invention comprises a first IC chip in which information necessary for performing drug prescription authentication or inventory management is stored.

According to the drug container of the present invention, the first IC (Integrat) is provided for each drug container such as an ampoule or an infusion solution.
ed Circuit) chips are provided. IC chip has E
EPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Rea
It is equipped with a non-volatile memory such as d-Only Memory) and a microprocessor to read and record information. This IC chip may have only a memory or a microprocessor, and may be a contact type (for connecting information by connecting contacts) or a non-contact type (for wireless information exchange). It is possible to use any type) such as (enabled).

Since the IC chip can be equipped with a memory having a large storage capacity, it stores a lot of information such as the type of drug, the manufacturing date, the expiration date, the lot number, the date and time when the drug was stored in the drug storage, and the patient information. be able to. It is also possible to add new information to the once stored IC chip.

As described above, since a large amount of information on drug management can be held for each drug, comprehensive inventory management can be performed, and at the same time the drug is artificially handed to the patient. You can minimize mistakes.

Further, since the manufacturing date and the expiration date of each drug can be controlled, the quality control of each drug can be performed at the same time.

[0014] Preferably, the medicine container is provided with a heat seal portion, and the first IC chip is provided for each area partitioned by the heat seal portion.

In this case, the medicine is tablets, capsules, powders, etc., and one tablet or a fixed amount is usually packaged in each area defined by the heat seal portion. Even in this case, by providing the first IC chip on each of them, the number of tablets prescribed to the patient can be grasped. Note that the first IC chip may be provided in the heat seal portion or may be provided in a packaging portion that is not the heat seal portion.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a drug storage as set forth in claim 1.
Alternatively, a drug storage for storing the drug container according to 2, comprising: a plurality of storage units for storing the drug container; and a first reading unit for reading information of the first IC chip attached to the drug container. , And a first authenticating means for collating the information read by the first reading means with the inputted prescription data of the medicine.

According to the medicine storage of the present invention, each of the medicine containers is provided with an IC chip, and the medicine container is stored in the plurality of accommodating portions. Then, the information of the IC chip provided in the drug container is read by the first reading unit, and the read information and the prescription data for each patient are collated by the first authentication unit.

As described above, by reading the information of the IC chip provided for each medicine container at the time of taking out the medicine, it is possible to surely perform the authentication work with the prescription data of the patient. Further, even when the medicine is replenished, by reading the information of the IC chip provided for each medicine container, inventory management of each medicine can be surely performed.

Preferably, in the plurality of storage parts, the drug containers are stored for each drug of the same type, and a second IC chip storing the type of the drug is stored in the front part of the storage part. Second reading means for reading the information of the IC chip, and the second reading means and the information read by the first reading means.
It is configured to further include a second authentication means for collating the information read by the reading means.

In this case, the drug container is stored for each drug of the same type, and the information of the second IC chip provided for each storage section is read by the second reading unit and read by the second reading unit. The obtained information and the prescription data of each patient are collated by the second authentication means. Further, at the time of refilling the drug, the information of the first IC chip provided in the drug container and the information of the second IC chip provided in the storage section corresponding to the drug container are the first and the second. The second information is read by the reading unit, and the read information is collated by the second authentication unit.

In this way, the authentication work can be performed both at the time of taking out the medicine and at the time of replenishing the medicine,
Further thorough inventory management can be achieved. In particular, at the time of taking out the medicine, it is only necessary to authenticate the information and the prescription data of the second IC chip provided for each storage unit, so that the authentication work at the time of taking out the medicine can be easily performed. In addition, since the drug containers can be stored according to the type of drug, the person in charge can easily perform the authentication work without mistaking the drug.

Here, the drugs of the same kind mean not only that the types (names) of the drugs are the same, but that the amounts thereof are also the same. A common reading means may be used for the first and second reading means. Further, the first and second authentication means may be incorporated in each reading means.

Preferably, the first reading means is
It is configured to be provided in each of the medicine taking-out parts of the accommodation part.

In this case, at the same time when the medicine is taken out, the information of the first IC chip provided in the medicine container is read by the first reading means. Then, the information read by the first reading unit and the prescription data of each patient are collated by the first authenticating unit.

Therefore, the person in charge does not forget the authentication work at the time of taking out, and thorough inventory control can be achieved.

A drug management system according to a third invention is a drug management system for taking out a drug from a drug storage on the basis of inputted drug prescription data and prescribing it to a patient. A drug container having a first IC chip that stores information necessary for inventory management, and a second IC chip that stores a predetermined drug type for each of a plurality of container parts that store the drug container. A drug storage provided, a first reading unit for reading information of the first IC chip of the drug container, a second reading unit for reading information of the second IC chip of the storage unit, Two
First verification means for matching the information read by the reading means with the prescription data, and for checking the information read by the first reading means with the information read by the second reading means. Second authenticating means, the medicine container authenticated by the first authenticating means is packed for each prescription data, and the medicine bag including the third IC chip in which the prescription data is stored; Third reading means for reading the information of the IC chip, and third reading means for collating the information read by the third reading means with the prescription data.
And the authentication means of.

According to the medicine management system of the present invention,
A first IC chip is provided for each drug container, and when refilling the drug storage, the information of the first IC chip of the drug container is read by the first reading means,
The information of the second IC chip in the medicine storage is read by the second reading unit, and the read information is collated by the second authentication unit. Further, when the medicine is taken out from the medicine storage, the information of the second IC chip is read by the second reading means, and the information read by the second reading means and the prescription data of each patient are the first. Is verified by the authentication means of.

Further, the medicine that has been authenticated and taken out by the first authentication means is packed in a medicine bag based on the prescription data. At this time, the medicine bag filled with the medicine is provided with a third IC chip in which information such as the prescription data, the prescription date and time, and patient data is stored. The information of the third IC chip is read by the third reading unit, and the information read by the third reading unit and the prescription data are collated by the third authenticating unit.

In this way, it is necessary to check whether each drug is correctly prescribed based on the patient's prescription data in each work process from when the drug is replenished in the drug store to when it is delivered to the patient. Therefore, human error can be minimized in each work process. Furthermore, since the data such as the person in charge, the work time, the patient data, and the prescription drug in each work can be comprehensively managed, the inventory management of the drug and the management of the staff can be comprehensively performed.

Depending on the situation, the authentication may be performed by collating the information of the first IC chip with the information of the second IC chip when taking out the drug. Also, the first to the third
As the reading means of the above, a common reading means provided in the medicine storage may be used. The first to third authentication means may be built in each reading means or may be separately provided.

[0031]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a drug container according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 (a) shows an ampoule 1a with an I
The C chip Ta is provided, and in FIG. 1B, the infusion solution 1b is similarly provided with the IC chips Tb1 and Tb2. In addition, FIG. 1C shows a plurality of tablets m enclosed in a packaging container 1CC, and each tablet m (or capsule) is divided by a heat-sealing portion,
An IC chip T for each tablet sealed container 1c
c is provided. In addition, in FIG. 1C, the IC
Although the chip Tc is provided on the back surface of the tablet sealed container 1c, it may be provided on the front surface. The tablet storage container 1c is stored in the drug storage unit in a divided state.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a drug storage for drug management using the drug container of FIG. The drug storage shown in FIG. 2 includes an ampoule storage section 2A for storing the ampoule 1a shown in FIG. 1, an infusion solution storage shelf 2b for storing the infusion solution 1b shown in FIG. 1, a tablet storage container 2c for storing the tablet sealed container 1c shown in FIG. In addition, it is provided with a poultice medicine storage rack 2d for accommodating a poultice medicine having an IC chip attached thereto, and a drug storage box 8 for accommodating a drug substance having an IC chip attached thereto. Further, an operation unit 3 for taking out each medicine, a tablet taking-out container 4 for taking out the tablet sealed container 1c stored in the tablet storing container 2c,
A touch panel 5 for displaying predetermined data such as prescription data, an IC chip reader 6 for reading information of each IC chip, an ID authentication camera 7 for authenticating a person in charge, a storage for storing medical materials such as a catheter. It is provided with a material storage rack 9 and a stockpile storage 10 for stocking each medicine and the like.

Hereinafter, a method of operating the medicine storage having the above structure will be described. The person who came to get the drug,
The touch panel 6 is operated to display the necessary patient prescription data, and the necessary medicine is taken out based on the data. On this occasion,
Skeleton authentication is performed by the ID authentication camera 7. In addition, at the time of replenishment work, when the medicine stored in the stockpiling storage 10 is stored in each storage, the storage confirmation is performed using the IC chip reader 6.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation unit of FIG. 2 includes an IC chip T3, a count button 31, an LED display section 32, and an eject button 33.
Consists of. The person in charge can authenticate whether or not the medicine is correct by reading the information of the IC chip T3 with the IC chip reader 6 of FIG. 1 based on the prescription data. Further, when the count button 31 is pressed by the number of medicines stored in various medicine storage containers, the number is displayed on the LED display unit 32. The drug can be taken out by pressing the take-out button 33 after confirming the number displayed on the LED display unit 32.

Further, the information of the IC chip of each drug container and the information of the IC chip T3 are I
The authentication work can be easily performed by reading with the C-chip reader 6.

Next, a method of taking out the ampoule 1a from the ampoule container 2A of the medicine storage for accommodating the ampoule 1a will be described. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a method of taking out the ampoule in the ampoule housing portion of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4 (a), the ampoule storage part 2A comprises a plurality of ampoule storage containers 2a, and the operation part 3 is provided in each ampoule storage container 2a. Further, as shown in FIG. 4B, the ampoule storage container 2a is provided with a storage sensor lid 21a and a reading sensor Sa for reading information of the IC chip Ta attached to the ampoule 1a.

The person in charge operates the operation unit 3 of the predetermined ampoule storage container 2a based on the prescription data. By pressing the take-out button 33 of the operation unit 3, the container lid 21a of the ampoule container 2a is opened and the ampoule 1a is opened.
Can be taken out. At this time, at the same time when the ampoule 1a is taken out, the reading sensor Sa near the takeout opening
Thus, the information of the IC chip Ta attached to the ampoule 1a is read, it is confirmed that the designated number of the ampoule 1a has been taken out, and inventory control of the medicine is performed.

Next, a method of taking out the infusion solution 1b from the infusion solution storage shelf 2b of the medicine storage for accommodating the infusion solution 1b will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a method for taking out the infusion solution from the infusion solution storage shelf in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5 (a), the infusion solution storage rack 2b can be pulled out, and the operation portion 3 is provided in the front part of the pulled out portion. As described above, by operating the operation unit 3 and pressing the take-out button 33, the pulled-out portion is pulled out. The infusion solution 1b is held by the hanging rod portion of the infusion solution storage shelf 2b, and the infusion portion 1 also serves as the reading sensor Sb as shown in FIG.
It is taken out one by one.

At this time, since the IC chip Tb is attached to the infusion solution 1b as shown in FIG.
Every time b is taken out, the information of the IC chip Tb is read by the reading sensor Sb. In this way
It is possible to manage each infusion and manage the inventory of the entire infusion.

Next, a method for taking out the tablet sealed container 1c from the tablet storage container 2c of the medicine storage for storing the tablet sealed container 1c will be described. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a method of taking out tablets and the like from the tablet storage container of FIG. Figure 6
The tablet storage container 2c shown in (a) is divided into vertical columns, and a tablet extraction container 4 common to the vertical columns is provided at the bottom of each column.

The person in charge operates the operation unit 3 provided in each tablet storage container 2c in which the tablet or the like desired to be taken out is stored as described above. When the take-out button 33 of the operation unit 3 is pressed, the tablet sealed container 1c containing the tablets or the like stored in the tablet storage container 2c is led to the LED display 32.
Then, the tablets are dropped by the number indicated by and stored in the tablet dispensing container 4. Similarly, other tablets and the like are stored in the required tablet take-out container 4 at the bottom of the vertical row of the respective tablet storage containers 2c. The person in charge takes out the tablet sealed container 1c containing tablets and the like from the tablet extraction container 4 in which tablets and the like are stored. At this time, as shown in FIG. 6B, since the reading sensor Sc is provided at the taking-out opening portion of the tablet taking-out container 4, the information of the IC chip Tc attached to the tablet sealed container 1c is read. It is read by the sensor Sc. In this way, it is possible to manage each tablet and the like and to manage the inventory of the entire tablet and the like.

In the present embodiment, the ampoule 1a,
The infusion solution 1b and the tablet sealed container 1c correspond to a drug container,
The IC chips Ta, Tb, Tc correspond to the first IC chip, the ampoule storage container 2a, the infusion storage shelf 2b and the tablet storage container 2c correspond to the storage section, and the IC chip T3 is the second.
The IC chip reader 6 corresponds to the first or second reading means, and the reading sensor Sa,
Sb and Sc correspond to the first reading means provided in the take-out section.

The poultice storage shelves 2d and the drug storage 8 shown in FIG. 2 also have the operation unit 3 shown in FIG. 3, and a reading sensor is provided at the take-out portion to provide an IC chip for each poultice and drug. By providing the above, it is possible to reduce the mistake of taking out while managing the inventory similarly to the taking out method in FIGS.

It is also possible to store quality information such as the manufacturing date and expiration date of each drug in the IC chips Ta, Tb and Tc attached to each drug container. In this case, when the drug read by the IC chip reader 6 or the reading sensors Sa, Sb, Sc at the time of taking out the drug is a drug whose expiration date has expired, a warning is displayed on the touch panel 5 of the drug storage in FIG. You can inform the person in charge by As a result, it is possible to manage the inventory of the medicine including the quality control of the medicine. In addition, the quality information of each drug is I
By being read by the C-chip reader 6, it is possible to eliminate a medicine that has already expired at the time of refilling work.

Further, it is possible to store the lot number of each drug in the IC chips Ta, Tb, Tc attached to each drug container. Even if a drug that cannot be used due to a defective product or the drug that needs to be collected has been stored, the collection work and the like can be easily performed by managing the lot number of the drug. In addition, by storing the lot number information of defective products in the database of the drug storage, when the relevant lot number is read at the time of replenishment and removal of the drug, notify the person in charge by the warning display as described above. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a defective product from being mistakenly administered to a patient.

By providing each drug container with an IC chip capable of storing a large amount of information that cannot be stored by a bar code, various large-capacity information as described above can be stored at the same time. It becomes possible to carry out comprehensive inventory management.

The operation after taking out the medicine, particularly the ampoule 1a and the tablet sealed container 1c, from the medicine storage will be described below. After each medicine is taken out from the medicine storage of FIG. 2 based on the prescription data, the medicine is put into a medicine bag for each prescription data. At this time, the IC chip reader 6 of FIG.
By inserting the medicine into the medicine bag while confirming the authentication of the medicine taken out in step 1, it is possible to further reduce work mistakes.

An IC chip is provided in advance on this medicine bag. Based on the prescription data, each data such as prescription data number, prescription date, person in charge ID, kind of medicine, quantity of medicine, etc. is written in the IC chip. In this way, the medicine bag provided with the IC chip is transported to each ward or medicine delivery section.

Also at this time, the IC chip attached to the medicine bag may be authenticated based on the prescription data by using the IC chip reader provided on the carrier or the portable IC chip reader carried by each person in charge. it can. In addition, when handing it to a patient in an inpatient ward, etc., by providing a wristband in which the patient's authentication ID is stored on the patient's arm or an IC chip in which the patient's authentication ID is stored in the patient's bed or the like, The final confirmation can be made by collating with the patient information stored in the IC chip attached to the medicine bag when handing the medicine.

In the present embodiment, the IC chip reader 6 corresponds to the third reading means.

[0054]

According to the drug container of the present invention, the type of drug, the manufacturing date, the expiration date, the lot number, the date and time when the drug is stored in the IC chip, the patient A lot of information such as information can be stored. It is also possible to add new information to the once stored IC chip.

As described above, since a large amount of information on drug management can be held for each drug, comprehensive inventory management can be performed and the drug is artificially handed to the patient. You can minimize mistakes.

Further, since the manufacturing date and the expiration date of each drug can be controlled, the quality control of each drug can be performed at the same time.

Further, according to the medicine storage according to the present invention,
The authentication work can be performed both when the medicine is taken out and when the medicine is replenished, and further thorough inventory control can be achieved. In addition, since the drug containers can be stored according to the type of drug, the person in charge can easily perform the authentication work without mistaking the drug.

Further, according to the drug management system of the present invention, it is possible to accurately perform the process based on the prescription data of the patient in each work process from when the drug is replenished in the drug store to when it is delivered to the patient. Since it is possible to check whether it is prescribed, human error can be minimized in each work process. Furthermore, since the data such as the person in charge, the work time, the patient data, and the prescription drug in each work can be comprehensively managed, the inventory management of the drug and the management of the staff can be comprehensively performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a drug container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a front view showing a drug storage for drug management using the drug container of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an operation unit in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a method of taking out an ampoule in the ampoule storage portion of FIG.

5 is a diagram showing a method of taking out an infusion solution from the infusion solution storage shelf in FIG.

6 is a diagram showing a method of taking out tablets and the like from the tablet storage container of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1a ... Ampoule 1b ... Infusion 1c ... Tablet sealed container 2
a ... Ampule storage container 2b ... Infusion storage shelf 2c ... Tablet storage container 3 ... Operating unit 4 ... Tablet extraction container 6 ... IC chip reader Ta, Tb, Tc, T3 ... IC chip S
a, Sb, Sc ... Read sensor

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A drug container comprising a first IC chip in which information necessary for performing drug prescription authentication or inventory management is stored. 2. The medicine container comprises a heat seal part, and the first container is provided for each region partitioned by the heat seal part.
The drug container according to claim 1, further comprising the IC chip. 3. A drug storage for storing the drug container according to claim 1, wherein the drug container has a plurality of accommodating parts for storing the drug container, and a first IC chip attached to the drug container. The medicine comprising: a first reading means for reading information of the medicine; and a first authentication means for collating the information read by the first reading means with the inputted prescription data of the medicine. Storehouse. 4. The second IC in which the drug containers are stored for each drug of the same type in the plurality of container parts, and the type of the drug is stored in the front part of the container part.
A chip, a second reading means for reading information from the second IC chip, information read by the first reading means, and the second reading means.
4. The medicine storage device according to claim 3, further comprising a second authenticating unit for collating the information read by the reading unit. 5. The medicine storage cabinet according to claim 3, wherein the first reading means is provided in each of the medicine taking-out sections of the accommodating section. 6. A drug management system for taking out a drug from a drug storage based on inputted drug prescription data and prescribing it to a patient, which is information necessary for performing drug prescription authentication and inventory management. A drug container having a first IC chip storing therein a drug container, and a drug storage container having a second IC chip storing a predetermined drug type for each of a plurality of container parts containing the drug container, A first reading means for reading the information of the first IC chip of the medicine container; a second reading means for reading the information of the second IC chip of the storage section; and the second reading. First authentication means for collating the information read by the means with the prescription data, the information read by the first reading means, and the second
A second authentication means for collating the information read by the reading means, and a third IC chip in which the taken out drug container is packed for each prescription data and the prescription data is stored. A medicine bag provided, a third reading unit for reading the information of the third IC chip, and a third authenticating unit for collating the information read by the third reading unit with the prescription data. A drug management system comprising: