摘要 |
PCT No. PCT/EP91/02465 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 14, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 14, 1992 PCT Filed Dec. 19, 1991 PCT Pub. No. WO92/10985 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 7, 1992.A process and apparatus are disclosed for pairing drugs corresponding to a prescribed treatment with a given patient including marking of arm bands or other identification devices with the patient's identification data, permanently attaching the identification device to the patient, retrieving a drug corresponding to the prescribed treatment and verifying its agreement with the drug administration data stored on the identification device, introducing the drug into a container which is previously marked with the patient identification data and drug administration data and closing the container. The process further includes moving the container to a drug delivery station at the patient location and verifying agreement of the data marked on the container with that stored on the identification device of the patient. Subsequently, the container is opened and agreement between the patient identification data marked on the identification device and the drug administration data marked on the container are verified with the drug subsequently being administered upon verification of the agreement. |