摘要 |
<p>A drug administration system includes a cradle (100) attached about an intravenous injection port (110) having a flange (104) extending therefrom. The cradle (100) supports first drug administration information (118) in the nature of machine and human readable code, for example, barcode. A syringe (124) including a needle (126) includes a flange (134) extending from the syringe. The syringe (124) supports second drug administration (142) information in machine and/or human readable form. A scanner module (144, 156) is constructed to slidably receive the flange (124, 134) of the cradle (100) and syringe (124) whereby the syringe needle (126) is aligned with the intravenous injection port (110). The module (144, 156) may be provided with an electronic scanning system (160, 162, 166, 200, 218) for identifying the first and second drug administration information (118, 142), as well as determining the amount of the drug being administered from the syringe (124) to the injection port (110) by monitoring movement of the syringe plunger (128). The information and data may be stored within the module for uploading to a remote location.</p> |