JPH07163637A - Pharmacy tray - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To carry a tray for pharmacy for each patient, while a display being fitted thereto to allow types of medicines housed therein to be confirmed for the collection of medicines necessary for him/her. CONSTITUTION:This pharmacy tray is a shallow box type with the upper side open, and one side la thereof is provided with a display 2. Also, the display 2 has an indicator lamp 2a, a cord indicator 2b or the like driven with a control section 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable dispensing tray in which various chemicals can be put during dispensing work.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a dispensing operation in a hospital or the like, according to a prescription or a dispensation instruction based on the prescription, a powdered medicine, a tablet, an external medicine, liquid medicine, etc.
There are various stages such as automatic processing of a series of operations to select, put in medicine bags and send to the counter, to process only certain specific work by machine, or to handle all manually, scale of hospital, equipment There are various ways of processing depending on the type.

Apart from the case of fully automated or near-equipment facilities, in pharmacies of other facilities, each patient is dispensed on a dispensing table, and the selected drug is placed in a specific position from each dispensing work position. It is carried to a shelf and collected. Some shelves are equipped with lamps that indicate whether or not the dispensation for each patient has been processed, for example, for powdered medicines, tablets, drenches, etc. Dispensing processing can be performed by turning off or turning on all the lamps. I am trying to inform the patient that it has finished.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned system in which the shelf is provided with the indicator lamp, since the shelf is provided at a specific position, different kinds of medicines are needed to collect necessary medicines for each patient. Each time, it is necessary to go to each dispensation site to dispensate and store it in a shelf, which causes a problem of troublesome work.

In addition, it is necessary to have a certain number of storage compartments for shelves in anticipation that the number of patients will overlap to some extent, so that the entire shelves inevitably become large and occupy a considerable space in the pharmacy, resulting in space efficiency. Becomes worse.

In view of the above-mentioned problem of the shelf-type drug collecting method in a pharmacy, the present invention is provided with an indicator for notifying the storage of the drug type in a portable tray, and the drug type required for a patient. An object of the present invention is to provide a dispensing tray that can be collected while checking with an indicator each time a container is placed.

[0007]

As a means for solving the above problems, the present invention comprises a box-shaped tray capable of storing dispensed chemicals, and at least the kind of the stored chemicals is provided on the side of the tray. And a display unit for displaying a patient name or a symbol, and provided with a control unit for driving the display unit to an appropriate space in the tray based on the data when the patient and necessary drug type data are sent from the input unit. This is the structure of a dispensing tray that can be carried around freely.

[0008]

When the drug tray of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure is used, a certain number of trays are prepared according to the number of patients. When the types of medicines required for each patient are stored in large categories such as powdered medicines, tablets, liquid medicines, and external medicines, the display section displays so that the stored medicines can be known.

The contents displayed on the display unit include a character code or a code symbol for the patient name, and a code symbol for each drug type required for the one patient. When the patient name is represented by a code symbol or the like, a number or symbol used in the hospital to identify the patient, such as a reception number, an examination ticket number, or a patient code, is displayed.

Since the trays are portable, it is said that the dispensing work is completed when a person gathers around the trays with the trays to the respective dispensing work positions for each drug type and all the indicators are turned on or off. Become.

When all kinds of medicines are not gathered in the middle when the kinds of medicines and the amount are large and the next preparation work takes a long time, the kind of medicines already collected in the tray, the patient name, etc. are displayed. Put it on the shelf as it is and wait, and when the next dispensing work is completed and it is possible to put it in the tray, go to the dispensing work position with the tray again and put the drug in the tray Can be

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the dispensing tray of the embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a control circuit that drives a display. The dispensing tray 1 is made of a shallow frame having an open upper portion, and is of a size suitable for storing dispensed chemicals and carrying them by hand. The tray 1 itself may be made of wood, paper, or metal as long as it is light and convenient to carry.

A display 2 is provided on one side 1a of the tray 1.
The display 2 comprises a lighting lamp 2a which also serves as a switch SW and a code display portion 2b for displaying a patient name or its code symbol. A control section 3 for driving the display unit 2 and a battery 4 are built in the partition provided inside the tray on the one side surface 1a. 4a is a power switch, 5 is a lid for inserting the battery 4, and X is a dispensing instruction sheet.

An IDX 6 is provided on the other side of the tray as an input unit for inputting a patient name or code symbol from the outside. This IDX6 is a non-contact type IC card, has an IC memory that can be written and read freely, and receives necessary data by receiving an optical signal sent from an optical transmitter / receiver fixedly provided at an appropriate position in a pharmacy. Can be written and read.

A numeric keypad (not shown) may be provided instead of the input section or in addition to the input section. When inputting the data of the patient and the drug type required for the patient to the external computer, it is more convenient to input the data directly from the numeric keypad on the side of the tray than to send the data from the computer for some reason. This is so that the tray can be used at a good time or when the computer malfunctions.

The control circuit 3 shown in FIG. 2 is composed of an electronic control circuit 3X, which receives the switch signal from either the lighting lamp 2a or the switch 2a 'which also serves as the lighting lamp 2a.
It is configured such that any one corresponding to a is turned on and the patient name or a code symbol representing the patient name is displayed on the code display portion 2b. Reference numerals 3a and 3b are drive circuits. The data written from the IDX 6 is sent to the electronic control circuit 3X and stored in the memory.

The tray of the embodiment constructed as described above is used as follows. There is a wide variety of medications required by each patient as directed by the doctor's prescription. These can be roughly divided into tablets, powders, liquid medicines, external medicines, etc. Therefore, for example, regardless of the specific content of the tablet, the lighting lamp 2a is turned off or turned on when the preparation is completed. By doing so, it is possible to display to the patient whether or not the dispensing is completed.

The dispensing operation itself is also diverse. For example, when preparing powdered medicines, it is equipped with equipment that automates everything from the preparation work to packaging and inserting medicine bags,
Alternatively, there are cases in which all of them are manually packed and medicine bags are inserted.

In any case, the medicines dispensed when the work is completed for each patient at each dispensing work place are collected. At this time, the dispensing tray of this embodiment is manually carried to the respective dispensing work positions, and when the necessary medicine types are stored, for example, when all the tablets are prepared, the lighting lamp 2a for the tablets is turned on or off. To be done. In this way, when all the lamps are turned on or off, the kinds of medicines required for the patient are arranged in the tray, and the final inspection work is performed.

[0020]

As described in detail above, since the dispensing tray of the present invention is provided with a display portion on its side, which indicates that the dispensing tray is portable and contains the necessary drug species, a predetermined number of the conventional trays are provided. There is no need to provide a large shelf for patients, and it is very convenient to prepare a dispensing tray for each patient and collect the drug species required for each patient by putting them in the tray.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a dispensing tray according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control circuit for driving an indicator of the tray of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Dispensing tray 2 Indicator 2a Lighting lamp 2a 'switch 2b Code display section 3 Control section 3X Electronic control circuit 4 Battery

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A box-shaped tray capable of storing dispensed medicines, and a side of the tray is provided with a display section for displaying at least the kind of medicines stored and a patient name or a symbol. A portable dispensing tray equipped with a control unit for driving a display unit based on the data of a patient and necessary drug type sent from the unit.