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1. A medicine dispensing system comprising:
a plurality of medicine dispensing apparatuses each having a function of feeding a set of one or more types of medicines into a packing material based on each of a plurality of dispensation data, and each including a personal medicine distributor, wherein each personal medicine distributor includes a personal medicine cassette having a plurality of cells for containing one or more types of medicines and is configured to add the one or more types of medicines, which have been fed into the plurality of cells of the personal medicine cassette, to the set of one or more types of medicines to be dispensed based on the dispensation data; a work instruction data preparation section configured to prepare work instruction data required to take one or more types of medicines, which need to be replenished while the plurality of medicine dispensing apparatuses are in operation, out of one or more types of medicine packing containers and to feed the one or more types of medicines into one or more spare storage containers when it is assumed that the plurality of medicine dispensing apparatuses operate to dispense the medicines based on the plurality of dispensation data; one or more medicine distribution devices configured to feed the one or more types of medicines into the plurality of cells of the personal medicine cassette based on each of a plurality of distribution data; a medicine stock management database used to manage the quantity of medicines left in stock in the plurality of medicine dispensing apparatuses and the one or more medicine distribution devices and the quantity of medicines left in stock in the one or more spare storage containers that have been prepared based on the work instruction data, wherein the work instruction data preparation section has a function of recording data on an unpacking date, on which the medicine is taken out of the medicine packing container, in the medicine stock management database; a medicine database configured to store various types of medicine information including lot information on the plurality of types of medicines to be dispensed by the plurality of medicine dispensing apparatuses and the number of days for effective use after the respective medicines are taken out of the medicine packing containers; and a dispensation data preparation section comprising:
a main process data preparation section configured to prepare, for each of the plurality of medicine dispensing apparatuses, the plurality of dispensation data needed for the plurality of medicine dispensing apparatuses to separately perform dispensation based on a multiplicity of prescription data input from a prescription database, medicine information data input from the medicine database, and medicine stock information input from the medicine stock management database;a lot change determination section configured to determine, based on the lot information and before the medicine dispensing apparatuses start operation, whether or not there is a possibility that the lot of the medicines to be used may be changed while the medicine dispensing apparatuses are in operation;a data changing section configured to provide the main process data preparation section with an instruction to change the dispensation data so as to include data on an instruction to change a combination of the plurality of dispensation data when the lot change determination section determines that there is a possibility that the lot of the medicines to be used may be changed while the medicine dispensing apparatuses are in operation, and to change the dispensation data so as to include data on an instruction to discard the medicines that are relevant to a change in the lot and left in the medicine dispensing apparatus that is relevant to the change in the lot of the medicines and to use medicines in a new lot when it is determined that the lot of the medicines to be used is changed while the medicine dispensing apparatuses are in operation even if the combination is changed;a distribution data preparation section configured to prepare the plurality of distribution data for the one or more medicine distribution devices along with the plurality of dispensation data for the medicine dispensing apparatuses each including the personal medicine distributor; andan expiration period determination section having a function of determining a dispensation date on which each of the one or more types of medicines left in stock should be dispensed, changing the combination of the plurality of dispensation data prepared for each of the plurality of medicine dispensing apparatuses, when it is determined that a first expiration date is later than a second expiration date, such that there is no combination for which the first expiration date is later than the second expiration date for any of the one or more types of medicines to be dispensed by the plurality of medicine dispensing apparatuses, wherein the first expiration date is defined by adding to the dispensation date a reference number of days that is determined based on the number of days of prescription included in the prescription data and that is equal to or more than the number of days of prescription, and the second expiration date is defined by adding the number of days for effective use to the unpacking date, and deciding to discard the medicines for which the first expiration date is later than the second expiration date when there is any combination of the plurality of dispensation data for which the first expiration date is later than the second expiration date for the one or more types of medicines to be dispensed by the plurality of medicine dispensing apparatuses even if the combination has been changed, and also having a function of providing the main process data preparation section with an instruction to include, in the dispensation data, data on an instruction to change the combination of the plurality of dispensation data and data on an instruction to discard the medicines decided to be discarded and use new medicines. |
