Being the latest hospital to add Swisslog’s BoxPicker automated storage and retrieval device, ATP High Speed Packager, and Inventory Management Software, the pharmacy of Middlesex Hospital will be automated.
An alternative to vertical carousels, the eight feet, dual-temperature BoxPicker offers faster picking rates and security for sensitive items. The storage and retrieval system serves as a clean pass-through between the clean room and the rest of the pharmacy in compliance with USP-797 clean room application. The ATP High Speed Packager will package and barcode fast moving oral solids. The bar-coded unit and multi dose packages will allow for increased patient safety and more efficient cart fill processes.
Both the BoxPicker and ATP Packager will interface directly with Swisslog’s Inventory Management Software (IMS), which is made of several modules, including inventory ordering, receiving, and reporting, which will allow Middlesex Hospital’s pharmacy to maintain a perpetual inventory, thus reducing inventory costs.
