Medication tracking

摘要

A system and method is described for printing a label with an RFID tag. The system includes an RFID reader that queries a first RFID tag coupled to a first medicinal container that includes a medication. In response, the system receives a first unique identifier and uses the first unique identifier to determine a status of the medication, associate the first medicinal container with a medical provider and print a second label that includes a second RFID tag for a second medicinal container.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a RFID reader coupled to a pharmaceutical item storage unit and configured to query a first RFID tag of a first label coupled to a first medicinal container including a drug and receive a first unique identifier from the first RFID tag, wherein the first unique identifier uniquely identifies the first medicinal container from other medicinal containers located within the pharmaceutical item storage unit; a computing device communicatively coupled to the RFID reader and configured to:
receive the first unique identifier,query a database for drug data of the drug using the first unique identifier,verify a recall status of the drug using the drug data,verify a first expiration of the drug using the drug data,generate a second expiration of the drug, andassociate the first medicinal container with a medical provider; and a printer configured to:
print at least a portion of the drug data and the second expiration on a second label for a second medicinal container, the second label comprising:a first opaque portion that includes a second RFID tag,a second opaque portion comprising an adhesive,a third opaque portion comprising an adhesive, anda transparent portion comprising an adhesive, wherein the RFID reader is further configured to query the second RFID tag and receive a second unique identifier from the second RFID tag of the second label coupled to the second medicinal container, the second medicinal container comprising a portion of the drug from the first medicinal container, and wherein the computing device is further configured to:
receive the second unique identifier,associate the drug data and the second expiration with the second unique identifier,associate the second medicinal container with the medical provider,determine that the pharmaceutical item storage unit does not store a first threshold quantity of the drug in one or more medicinal containers and a second threshold quantity of a substitute drug in the one or more medicinal containers, andbased at least upon the determination that the pharmaceutical item storage unit does not store the first threshold quantity of the drug in one or more medicinal containers or the second threshold quantity of the substitute drug, generate a notification that the pharmaceutical item storage unit does not store the first threshold quantity of the drug.