JPH04189359A - Drug transporting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow the collection of compounded drugs in patient unit by constituting a drug accepting station in such a manner that the drugs can be temporarily retreated from a transportation system. CONSTITUTION:A retreat path 5a which temporarily retreats the drugs compounded by a mechanical device 4a for compounding or the like without receiving the drugs in the transportation system 3 at need is installed to the drug accepting station 1a. The drugs transported in the transportation system 3 are temporarily retreated from the transportation system 3 to the retreat path 5a at need.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] This invention relates to a drug delivery system.

[Prior Art] In general, pharmacies in hospitals etc. package the necessary amount of drugs to be administered to patients based on a doctor's prescription. Various types of dispensing machines and other dispensing machinery are in use, including drug packaging machines such as tablet packaging machines and powder packaging machines, which are now capable of packaging individual medicines.

Various drugs dispensed using these dispensing machines or manually dispensed by workers must be collected for each patient, checked against prescriptions, and audited.

However, there are a wide variety of drugs to be prescribed, and while some can be completed in a relatively short time once the dispensing process begins, others require a considerable amount of time. Since various combinations are specified in each patient's prescription, the time required for each patient from receiving the prescription to completing the dispensing process varies from short to long. There is a large difference in the time required for short and long prescriptions.As shown above, although the time required for dispensing each prescription varies widely and there is a large difference,
The pharmacy accepts prescriptions in the order in which they are filled, enters data into the necessary dispensing machinery, and executes the necessary dispensing operations in sequence. The plan must be to operate the equipment continuously with as few interruptions as possible, and to complete the necessary dispensing work based on all received prescriptions in the shortest possible time.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, when a received prescription is processed according to such a process, for example.

Regarding the packaging of tablets using a tablet packaging machine and the packaging of powders using a powder packaging machine, if we look at each packaging machine, although prescriptions are received and received in the order in which they are packaged, Considering that both tablets and powders are often prescribed to the same patient, it can be seen that dispensing is never done on a patient-by-patient basis.

That is, the contents of a prescription for a certain patient P require, for example, packaging work for powder P and packaging work for another powder P, and the contents of a prescription for patient Q, who received the prescription next, , for example, requires the packaging of tablets q and powder qq, and furthermore, the prescription for patient R, who receives the prescription next, requires, for example, only the packaging of tablet 1-. If necessary, if one tablet packaging machine and one powder packaging machine were used, the tablet packaging machine and powder packaging machine would operate like two machines.

First, as the prescription details for patient P are input, the powder packaging machine first performs the packaging operation of powder P.
Next, the powder PP is packaged, and then the powder qq is packaged according to the prescription details for the patient Q that have already been entered during the powder PP packaging. When the prescription for patient Q is input, the packaging machine first performs packaging of tablets q.
Next, tablet r is packaged using the prescription contents for patient R that have already been entered during the packaging of tablet q.However, prescriptions are generally not completed one after another without any time delay. Moreover, many types of tablets are stored in large quantities in each tablet feeder in advance, and these tablet feeders are installed in the tablet packaging machine in advance.
On the other hand, the necessary packaging work can be carried out simply by instructing the type and number of tablets to be packaged, whereas powders are not stored in the powder packaging machine in advance; The powder packaging machine is only able to carry out the necessary packaging work after the worker has prepared (weighed) the powder to be packaged and then feeds the powder into the powder packaging machine. be.

Therefore, prior to the dispensing work of the powder P, while the worker is dispensing (weighing) the powder P, or at the latest when the powder packaging machine starts the dispensing work of the powder P. The tablet packaging machine starts packaging tablets q, and as a result 1, if there is no significant difference in the number of packages, powder p
The packaging work for the tablet q and the packaging work for the tablet q are completed almost at the same time.

Next, while the powder packaging machine performs the packaging work of powder pp,
The tablet packaging machine performs the packaging work of tablets 1-, and this also requires the following steps:
If there is no big difference in the number of packages, they will finish at about the same time.

At this point, powder p and powder pp to be prescribed to patient P
At the same time, the packaging work for tablets r to be prescribed to patient R is also completed.

Next, the powder dispensing machine divides the powder qq, and when that is finished, it packs the tablets q and powder qq to be prescribed to the patient Q.
The necessary packaging work will be completed.

As a result, it is clear that dispensing work is not done on a patient-by-patient basis, and therefore, when checking and auditing completed medicines against prescriptions, it is unnecessarily confusing to check and audit medicines according to the order in which they are completed. It must be said that this is inappropriate as a final check that should be performed while the patient is in the sheep's position.In the end, it is necessary to overcome this confusion and inappropriateness by improving the attentiveness and skill level of drug audit workers. There were problems such as having to rely entirely on the human ability to do so.

The purpose of this invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the conventional systems and provide a drug delivery system suitable for checking and auditing dispensed drugs and prescriptions while the patient is in the sheep's position. be.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention connects at least one medicine receiving station and a medicine take-out station by a transport system, and transports medicines from the medicine reception station to the medicine take-out station. 9 [Operation] By employing the above-mentioned means, the present invention has the following features: The drug receiving station can select whether to accept the drug into the transport system or temporarily put the receiving container in reserve. Also, whether to allow the medicine in the transport system to be transported as is or to move the medicine to the transport system. As a result, dispensed medicines can be collected on a patient-by-patient basis.

[Example] Embodiments of the invention shown in the drawings will be described below.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1a and 1b are drug receiving stations, 2 is a drug removal station, and 3 is a transport system.

The medicine receiving station 1a is installed corresponding to the medicine packaging machine and other dispensing machines 4a, and receives the medicines dispensed by the dispensing machines 4a into the transport system 3.

The medicine receiving station 1a is provided with a shunting path 5a for temporarily shunting the medicine dispensed by the dispensing machinery 4a from the transporting system 3 without receiving it into the transporting system 3, if necessary. The path 5a also allows the medicines transported through the transport system 3 to be temporarily evacuated from the transport system 3, if necessary.3 On the other hand, the medicine receiving station 1b is equipped with a medicine packaging machine. It is installed corresponding to other dispensing machines 4b, and receives the medicines dispensed by the dispensing machines 4b into the transport system 3.

The medicine receiving station 1b is provided with a shunting path 5b for temporarily shunting the medicine dispensed by the dispensing machinery 4b from the transporting system 3 without receiving it into the transporting system 3, if necessary. The path 5b is also designed to temporarily evacuate the medicine that has been transported through the transport system 3 from the transport system 3, if necessary.

Further, the drug removal station 2 is installed corresponding to an inspection table 6 that compares and inspects dispensed drugs with prescriptions, and takes out the drugs that have been transported through the transport system 3 to the inspection table 6.

Further, the transport system 3 includes a medicine receiving station 1a,
1b and the medicine take-out station 2, and the medicine received from the medicine receiving stations 1a and 1b is transported to the medicine take-out station 2.

These drug receiving stations 1a, 1b, one drug removal station 2, the transport system 3, and the evacuation paths 5a, 5b are connected to a control device 7, and according to instructions from the control device 7, the drug receiving stations are The loading operation, unloading operation, conveyance operation, and temporary evacuation operation are all controlled.

Furthermore, in order to prevent the medicines to be combined for each patient from becoming separated during the transportation of the medicines from the dispensing machinery 4a, 4b to the inspection table 6, they are placed in appropriate packets (not shown). It is preferable to collectively store and transport medicines for each patient.Next, the function of the above will be explained.

For example, the contents of a prescription for a certain patient P are powder medicine p.
, and separate packaging work for powder PP.
Furthermore, the prescription for patient Q, who received the prescription next, requires the packaging of tablets q and the packaging of powder 9q, and the prescription for patient R, who received the prescription next, requires the packaging of tablets q and powder 9q. Assuming that the content requires only the dispensing work of tablets 1-9. Mana, the dispensing machinery 4a corresponding to the drug receiving station 1a is used as a tablet packaging machine, and the dispensing machine corresponding to the drug receiving station 1b is used as a tablet dispensing machine. The machinery 4b is a powder packaging machine.

Then, tablet packaging ff14a and powder packaging 1fi4b
It works as follows.

First, as the prescription details for patient P are input, the powder packaging machine 4b first performs packaging of powder P, then of powder pp, and then of powder p.
Alternatively, the tablet packaging machine 4a performs the packaging operation of the powder qq according to the prescription contents for the patient Q that have already been input during the packaging operation of the powder PP. First, the tablet q is packaged, and then the tablet r is packaged according to the prescription details for the patient R that have been input during the tablet q packaging process.

Therefore, prior to the dispensing work of the powder p, the powder packaging machine 4b starts the dispensing work of the powder p while the operator is dispensing (weighing) the powder p, or at the latest. Around the time, tablet packets li! 4a starts the packaging of the tablets q, and as a result, if there is no significant difference in the number of packages, the packaging of the powder p and the tablets q are completed almost at the same time.

At this time, the tablet q for which the packaging operation has been completed is not transported alone from the medicine receiving station 1a to the medicine removal station 2. In other words, the tablet q for which the packaging operation has been completed is (preferably The medicines are received from the medicine receiving station 1a into the transport system 3, and then sent to the powder packaging machine 4b in order to be combined with the powder medicines qq to be prescribed to the patient Q. After being transported to the corresponding chemical receiving station 1b,
On the other hand, the powder p whose packaging work has been completed is not transported by itself from the medicine receiving station 1b to the medicine removal station 2. In other words, the powder p whose packaging work has been completed is p is received from the drug receiving station 1b into the transport system 3 in order to be combined with the powder pp to be prescribed to the patient P (preferably contained in a packet P not shown for the patient P). Instead, the vehicle is temporarily evacuated to the evacuation path 5b.

Next, the powder packaging machine 4b performs the work of packaging the powder PP, while the tablet packaging machine 4al performs the work of packaging the tablets 1-, so if there is no large difference in the number of packages, this will be done at approximately the same time. finish.

At this time, the powder pp whose packaging work has been completed is transported to the evacuation path 5b.
Together with the powder p temporarily evacuated in the medicine receiving station 1b (preferably stored in the packet P for the patient P), the medicine is transferred from the medicine reception station 1b to the transport system 3 and transported to the medicine removal station 2. When the tablets reach the drug removal station 2, they are taken out to the inspection table 6 as drugs to be prescribed to the patient P (preferably together with the packet for the imager P).Meanwhile, the tablets that have been packaged r (preferably contained in a packet R (not shown) for the patient R) is received from the medicine receiving station 1a into the transport system 3,
The medicine 6 is transported to the medicine take-out station 2, and when it reaches the medicine take-out station 2, it is taken out to the inspection table 6 as a medicine to be prescribed to the patient R (preferably along with the packet R for the patient R). .

Next, the powder packaging machine 4b performs packaging work of powder medicine qq,
The powder qq for which the packaging operation has been completed is transferred from the drug receiving station 1b to the transport system 3 (preferably stored in the packet Q for the patient Q) together with the tablets q temporarily saved in the evacuation path 5b. 8, and is transported to the medicine take-out station 2 8 Then, when it reaches the medicine take-out station 2, the medicine to be prescribed to the patient Q (preferably the bage-soto Q for the patient Q) is placed on the inspection table. It will be taken out on the 6th.

As a result, from the medicine retrieval station 2 to the inspection table 6, the medicines to be prescribed to the patient P (preferably contained in packets P) (i.e. powder p and powder pp
) are all taken out together, and then the drugs (preferably stored in Baquet-Soto R) to be prescribed to patient R
That is, tablets r) are taken out all at once, and finally, all the medicines to be prescribed to patient Q (preferably housed in packet Q) (ie, tablets q and powders qq) are taken out all at once.

In the above embodiment, the medicines are taken out from the medicine takeout station 2 to the inspection table 6 in the order of patients P, R, and Q, but the order is not limited to this. For example, if prescriptions are to be received in the order of patients P, Q, and R, then the medicines to be prescribed to patient Q (i.e., tablets q and powders qq) are received from the medicine receiving station 1b to the transport system 3. The medicine to be prescribed to patient R (i.e. tablets R)
) from the chemical receiving station 1a to the transport system 3, and put it in the evacuation path 5a for temporary evacuation, or
Alternatively, after being placed in the transport system 3, when the medicine is transported to the medicine receiving station 1b, it may be put into the shunting path 5b and temporarily shunted.

Although not shown in the drawings, the medicine removal station 2 is also configured to transport the medicines transported through the transport system 3 without taking them out to the inspection table 6, as required. It is possible to provide an evacuation path for temporary evacuation from the system 3 and to configure this evacuation path to be controlled by the control device 7. If configured in this way, for example, patients P, R, and Q can be temporarily evacuated in this order. Patients P, Q,
It is possible to take out the medicines to the inspection table 6 in the order of H or in any other desired order. Correspondingly, two drug receiving stations 〉'1a and 1b are provided, but the invention is not limited to this, and it is possible to provide any number of drug receiving stations along the transport system 3. ,
The drug removal station 2 is also located along the transport system 3.
An arbitrary number of evacuation paths 5a and 5b can be provided, and each of the evacuation paths 5a and 5b can be configured as an appropriate conveyor capable of carrying chemicals.
It is possible to have any configuration.6 In addition, the tablet packaging machine, powder packaging machine, and other dispensing machines 4a and 4b are capable of dispensing dispensed (divided) medicines for at least one patient. It is preferable to have a binding machine that can bind the medicine with an appropriate strip, and if the medicine for one patient is bulky, it can be used for several days (for example, 7 days).
You can make it easier to handle by dividing it into 2 parts (for each day) and tying them together.

When packets are used for transporting medicines, the transport system 3 is preferably constructed as an endless conveyor that not only transports the packets to the right in FIG. 1, but also returns the packets that have reached the right end to the left end. 7 In addition, the conveyance system 3 may be a packet self-propelled type in which individual packets are self-propelled instead of a conveyor conveyance type using an endless conveyor.

Furthermore, whether the conveyance system 3 is of a conveyor conveyance type,
Even if it is a self-propelled packet type, it can be installed not only on the floor, but also on the ceiling if necessary.
It goes without saying that the present invention can be modified in various ways to the above-described embodiments.

[Effects of the Invention] Since the present invention is configured as described above, the drug receiving station can select whether to accept the drug into the conveyance system or temporarily put the receiver aside. It is possible to select whether the medicines in the transport system are transported as they are or whether they are temporarily evacuated from the transport system.Therefore, the dispensed medicines can be collected for each patient, and as a result, It has excellent effects such as being able to properly and reliably perform verification and auditing of drugs and prescriptions on a patient-by-patient basis.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention 2 1a, 1b...Station for putting in medicine bones 2...Station for taking out drugs 3...Transportation system 4a...Mechanical devices for dispensing (Tablet packaging machine) 4b...
Dispensing machinery (powder packaging machine) 5a, 5b...Escape route

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A drug transport system that connects at least one drug receiving station and a drug take-out station with a transport system to transport drugs from the drug receiving station to the drug take-out station, wherein the drug receiving station A chemical transport system characterized by being configured such that chemicals can be temporarily evacuated from a system.