Question

7. What are the similarities and differences between the uses and functions of the Robot-Rx® and MedCarousel®.

8. Who or what is SAMI and what does he do?

9. What allows robotic medication dispensing systems to approach 100% dispensing accuracy?

10. How does medication have to be packaged in order to be used with the Robot-Rx®? Which of the pharmacy automation discussed in the lesson would be used to package medications for the Robot-Rx®?

11. List and briefly describe the different types of drawers available for use with the OmniRx®?

12. Briefly explain how CytoCare® is used in a pharmacy.

13. What are your personal thoughts on pharmacy automation as it pertains to your job as a pharmacy technician? (50 word min)

Answer 1

7) answer :

Rbot - R x is a market leading medication dispensing solution that increases efficiency and accuracy in the central pharmacy .

- it Managing the 99.9 or more of the hospitals daily medication volume .

- it help to prevent the medication errors ,reduce pharmacy labour ,lower the medication inventory .

-eliminates the time consuming tasks.

- automates the medication storage ,selection ,return ,restoring function.

these are all the similarities in the both robot and med carousel.

- some of the differences are ,med carousel have the bar coding system for the scanning of drugs which doesnt have in robot rx.

- med carousel useful in the storage ,ordering of drugs ,distribution of drugs .

- another feature of med carousel is ,it automates the cabinets replenishment to patient medication dispensory to returning.

8) answer: SAMI is a microsoft techmology which gives voice for the play backs .

in other way ,these are the peo ple who are living in norway,sweden ,and northparts of russia.

9) answer:

• Robotic Rx have the capacity of vetsatile automation and reduced time consuming ,presence of high accuracy with lowering of medication errors,increased efficiency ,high patient safety ,low cost features ,minimizing of drawbacks etc ,all are have the role for 100% dispensing accuracy .
• 12) answer:
• Cytocare improves the work flow.
• helps in live drug preparation.
• it hlps in preparation of specific cancer drugs and iv admixtures
• it decreases medication errors
• it increases productivity
• it helps in distribution ,installtion ,maitenance services