Automated dispensary for Chinese clinics Robotics as a remedy for stressed pharmacists Tight spaces and little time – these are the conditions that pharmacists have to deal with in Chinese hospitals. In order to optimally exclude errors in administering medications, outpatient pharmacies can now rely on an automated dispensing system from Swisslog. This solution also o昀昀ers hospital pharmacies an important edge in terms of productivity by increasing the process e昀昀iciency and quality. Chinese hospitals and their pharmacies it possible to fill the transport basket �As a result, the Swisslog solution pro- are under ongoing pressure; thousands and distribute the drugs at the same time. vides an enormous increase in terms of patients need to be treated and On average, ten prescriptions per minute of speed, but above all it offers a drastic supplied with medication daily. The phar- can be processed, which reduces the reduction of drug dispensing errors. macies are subject to constant intense customers' waiting time. During dispen- activity, handling up to 600 prescriptions sing, the system checks the storage in per hour. Medications are dispensed real time using a laser scanner to ensure every second. Human error is unavoid- that plenty of stock is available. able due to the highly stressful work environment. This automation technology is embedded in a software application, which auto- This has now fundamentally changed matically checks the prescription and thanks to an intelligent hospital dispen- thereby ensures that the right drug at sary solution from Swisslog, developed the right strength is removed from the specifically for the Chinese market. The respective cabinet every time. The pre- combination of a special management scription analysis, patient information, app and the UniPick 2 automation largely and drug handling process are paperless prevents. largely prevents errors. In throughout. In addition, important addition, the manual process of drug performance indicators are measured and prescription management is digitized, and presented in real time on a KPI increasing the hospitals’ productivity. (key performance indicator) dashboard. Information about prescription category, UniPick 2 consists of a conveyor that dispensing status, inventories etc. moves vertically up and down on the stor- can be compiled in a graphical report age racks as well as a robotic loading and archived. This enables continuous module, the combination of which makes digitized inventory management. 80�81