JP2002017821A - System for medicine retrieving rack - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the loss of a time for preparing medicine by eliminating taking long time for retrieving prescribed medicines at a medicine preparing rack. SOLUTION: This system is provided with a medicine retrieving rack 1 having housing sections 2 for housing 4 kinds of medicines for preparation by each medicine and provided with a display D light-emitting a plurality of identifiable designated colors for retrieval to each housing section 2, and a computer 10 for controlling the rack 1, which classifies each inputted prescription data corresponding to the designated color for retrieval and editing the prescription data to retrieve the preparation medicine of data of each prescription from a table storing the position of the section 2 of each medicine. By inputting the prescription data to the computer 10, the display D in the housing section 2 of the pertinent medicine light-emits the designated color for retrieval by each prescription data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medicine dispensing shelf having a storage compartment for accommodating a plurality of kinds of dispensing medicines for each medicine. More specifically, the present invention relates to a medicine search shelf used when a pharmacist dispenses medicines. About the system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a dispensing room of a hospital or pharmacy, a medicine dispensing shelf having a storage compartment for accommodating a plurality of kinds of dispensing medicines for each medicine has been installed so that a pharmacist can easily dispense the medicine. The pharmacist takes out the prescription medicine described in the prescription by the doctor from the storage compartment based on the prescription and dispenses it. When the medicine in the storage compartment is used up, a new medicine is refilled in the storage compartment.

[0003]

However, in a conventional dispensing operation using a medicine dispensing shelf, a pharmacist searches for individual prescription medicines based on storage of the positions of storage compartments in which each dispensing medicine is stored. The time spent searching for the storage section of the drug increases, the loss time increases, and the dispensing time is significantly affected by the dispensing experience on the drug dispensing shelf. Also, if there is a change in the medicine stored in the storage compartment, the pharmacist must change the memory of the position of the medicine for dispensing, which is a heavy burden.

[0004] In addition, the dispensing operation is left to the pharmacist's attention, and it is difficult to find an error unless the prescription and all the prescribed drugs are collated after the dispensing of the prescription is completed. The time lost to do it was great.

[0005] Further, the discovery of a medicine for dispensing in a storage compartment whose expiration date has passed has been entrusted to the pharmacist's attention, and the burden of pharmacist's attention has been great.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has been made to reduce the time required for dispensing, thereby shortening the dispensing time, and to find a dispensing drug whose expiration date has passed from a drug search shelf. To make it easier.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a display device having storage compartments for accommodating a plurality of kinds of dispensing medicines for each medicine and emitting a plurality of identifiable search indication colors for each storage compartment. The provided medicine search shelf, and color coding corresponding to the search instruction color for each input prescription data, compiling the prescription data, and obtaining the prescription data from the table storing the positions of the storage compartments of the respective medicines. A control computer for the medicine search shelf for searching for a dispensed medicine is provided, and when the prescription data is input to the control computer, the search instruction is displayed on a display device in a storage section of the medicine corresponding to each prescription data. The color was made to emit light.

Thus, the pharmacist dispenses the prescribed medicine by successively taking out the medicines from the storage compartment of the display device which emits the designated color for search based on the prescription which can be identified by color. be able to.

When the display device emits light, at least one of letters, numbers, symbols, and designs is displayed on the display device. Information can be obtained.

In addition, a printing machine is provided with a prescription input terminal for inputting prescription data, and when the prescription data is input from the prescription input terminal to a control computer, the prescription based on the input prescription data is color-coded and output. Since it is provided, the prescription data input at a location distant from the dispensing search shelf can be output as a prescription that can be identified for each color, and dispensing can be performed based on the prescription according to the designated color for the search color.

In addition, a display device for time limit management, which emits light when the expiration date of the stored medicine has passed, is provided for each storage section of the medicine search shelf, and when the expiration date input to the control computer has passed, the storage of the medicine is automatically performed. It is good to be able to recognize the section.

In addition, a reset button is provided on each display device, and after the pharmacist takes out the medicine from the storage compartment, the reset button is pushed to turn off the light. You can check double search. Also, because the display device is turned off,
It is recognized that the medicine has been updated to a new medicine, and the medicine can be dispensed with confidence.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show a medicine retrieval shelf system according to the present invention. The medicine retrieval shelf system has storage compartments 2 for accommodating a plurality of kinds of dispensing medicines for each medicine, and the storage compartments 2 have different colors. A medicine search shelf 1 provided with a display device D comprising a plurality of search pilot lamps 3, color coding corresponding to the color of the search pilot lamp 3 for each input prescription data, compilation of prescription data, and The system is provided with a control computer 10 of the medicine search shelf 1 for searching for a dispensed medicine of prescription data from a table storing the positions of the medicine storage sections 2.

The medicine search shelf 1 is partitioned so as to store a plurality of kinds of drugs in various forms for each medicine, and each storage section 2 is suitable for storing a medicine in the form of, for example, tablets or capsules. Storage section 2a, storage section 2b suitable for storing chemicals in a separate bag, drawer-shaped storage section 2 suitable for low-temperature storage.
The environment is suitable for storing, storing, and taking out various dispensing chemicals such as c.

As shown in FIG. 2, each storage compartment 2 has a plurality of search pilot lamps 3 of different colors which are lit by a signal from a control computer 10 in the vicinity of the storage section 4.
, And a reset button 5 is provided corresponding to each of the search pilot lamps 3. In the figure, lamps 3 of five colors, red, blue, green, yellow, and orange, are provided. Just by looking over the medicine search shelf 1, five kinds of prescriptions and the dispensing medicines of the prescriptions are stored at the same time. The section 2 can be recognized by color.

Each storage compartment 2 has a pilot lamp 6 for expiration date management which lights up when the expiration date of the stored chemical has passed.
Is provided, and a reset button 7 is also provided on the pilot lamp 6 for time limit management.

The control computer 10 color-codes the prescription data input using its own input device 11 based on the prescription input terminal 15 installed at the doctor's hand or at the account and the received prescription, in the order of input. Prescriptions can be identified by color, prescription data is compiled, a dispensing drug is searched for each prescription from a table storing the positions of storage sections 2 for each drug in the drug search shelf 1, and storage of the searched drugs is performed. The pilot lamp 3 that emits the search instruction color of the display device of the section 2 is turned on.

The monitor 8 of the control computer 10 displays the name of the medicine color-coded by prescription and the lighting status of the pilot lamps 3 and 6 of the display devices D and 6 on the medicine search shelf by the dispensing action.

Further, the control computer 10 has a timer for expiration date management, and inputs an expiration date of the dispensing medicine in the storage section 2. The pilot lamp 6 is turned on.

The control computer 10 is provided with a printing machine for color-coding the input prescription data as a prescription and outputting the prescription. The prescription data input from the remote prescription input terminal 15 is automatically processed. It is output as a prescription.

The medicine retrieval shelf system of the present invention is configured as described above, and its operation method will be described below.

When prescription data based on a doctor's prescription is input to the control computer 10 from the prescription input terminal 15 or its own input device 11, the prescription data is color-coded in the order of input and color-coded by each prescription. The pilot lamp 3 that emits the search instruction color of the display device D in the storage section 2 of the medicine used in the prescription is turned on. That is, for example, the prescription input first is color-coded as red, and the red lamp of the display device D of the storage section 2 in which the medicine used for the prescription is stored is turned on. Next, the input prescription is color-coded as blue and the blue lamp is turned on. The search pilot lamp 3 is turned on one after another in the order of input of prescription data.

When the prescription data is inputted from the prescription input terminal 15 located at a place distant from the dispensing search shelf 1, the prescription used for dispensing is output from the printing machine 12 as a prescription which can recognize the assigned color. You. Further, the prescription which is forwarded and input from the input device 11 of the control computer 10 is given a color assigned to the prescription data by input, and is distinguished from other prescriptions. The means for displaying the color given to the prescription may be a color by color printing or a character such as red or blue.

The pharmacist performing dispensing goes to the storage section 2 where the pilot lamp 3 for searching for the indicated color is lit based on the prescription identified for each color, takes out the medicine, and after taking out the medicine, resets the reset button 5. Press to turn off the light.

Therefore, the pharmacist can search the storage section 2 of the prescription medicine without relying on the memory, so that there is no lost time in searching for the storage section 2 and the dispensing operation can be promptly performed. In particular, even when the conventional medicine in the storage compartment 2 is changed to another kind of medicine or when a new pharmacist arrives, the search is not confused.

By turning off the reset button 3 without fail, the search pilot lamp 3 on the display device D can be searched without checking the medicines searched during the dispensing operation. You can check for and double search.

When the dispensing of one prescription is completed, a pilot lamp 3 for searching for the designated color of the prescription from the dispensing search shelf 1.
Are all turned off. The progress is displayed on the monitor 8.

When the medicine is used up by the dispensing or a new medicine is stored in the storage section 2 after removing the expired medicine, the name of the medicine and the expiration date are input to the control computer 10. When the expiration date has passed, the stored expiration date management pilot lamp 6 of the storage section 2 for the medicine is turned on.

Therefore, the pharmacist can automatically detect the expired medicine and prevent dispensing by the expired medicine. Further, when the reset button 7 is pressed and turned off when replacing with a new medicine, it is recognized that the storage section 2 has been updated to a medicine within the expiration date, and the dispensing can be performed with confidence.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the display device D in the medicine retrieval shelf system according to the present invention, in which a color liquid crystal plate 9 is used for the display device D.

This allows the display device D to display characters, numbers, symbols, patterns, and the like digitally using the indicating color together with the emission of the indicating color for search, and to display the reception number of the prescription, the patient name, and the medicine on the display device D. By displaying the name and the like, the pharmacist can obtain more detailed prescription information related to the drug from the display device D of the storage compartment 2.

The light emitting means in the display device D is not limited to the pilot lamp 3 and the liquid crystal plate 9 described above, and other means such as a light emitting diode may be used.

[0034]

The drug search shelf system of the present invention implemented in the above-described embodiment has the following effects.

A display device that emits a plurality of identifiable search instruction colors is provided for each storage section of the medicine search shelf, and when the prescription data is input to the control computer of the medicine search shelf, the color-coded prescription is displayed. In the display device in the storage section of the medicine used in the above, the search instruction color is made to emit light, so that the pharmacist can identify by color without depending on the storage of the position of the storage section where the dispensing medicine is stored. The medicine can be dispensed by going to the storage section of the display device that emits the indicated color based on the prescribed prescription and taking out the medicine. Therefore, there is no loss time for searching for a storage section of the medicine of the prescription, and the dispensing time can be significantly shortened, and the waiting time of the customer can be reduced.

In addition, since a display device for time limit management which emits light when the expiration date expires is provided for each storage section of the drug search shelf, the pharmacist automatically detects the expired drug and prevents dispensing by the expired drug. Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a preferred embodiment of a drug search shelf system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a storage section in a medicine search shelf of the system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a storage compartment according to another embodiment in a medicine search shelf of the system of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

1 drug search shelf, 2 storage compartment, 3 search pilot lamp, 5 reset button, 6 time limit management pilot lamp, 7 reset button, 10 control computer, 1
2 printing machine, 15 prescription input terminal, D display device,

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A medicine retrieval shelf having a storage section for accommodating a plurality of kinds of dispensing medicines for each medicine and having a display device for emitting a plurality of identifiable search instruction colors for each storage section, The drug search for color-coding each prescription data corresponding to the designated color for search, compiling the prescription data, and searching for a dispensing drug of the data for each prescription from a table storing the positions of the storage sections of the respective drugs. A shelf control computer is provided, and when the prescription data is input to the control computer, the search instruction color is emitted on the display device in the storage section of the corresponding medicine in each prescription data. Drug search shelf system. 2. The drug search shelf system according to claim 1, wherein when the display device emits light, at least one of letters, numbers, symbols, and patterns is displayed on the display device. 3. A printing machine which has a prescription input terminal for inputting prescription data and, when prescription data is input from the prescription input terminal to a control computer, outputs a prescription based on the input prescription data in different colors. The drug retrieval shelf system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: 4. The medicine search shelf system according to claim 1, further comprising a time limit display device that emits light when the expiration date of the stored medicine expires for each storage section of the medicine search shelf. . 5. The system according to claim 1, wherein a reset button is provided on each display device.