Medical supplies cabinet

A medical supplies cabinet comprising:

• a housing presenting a medical supplies storage zone at where there is provided a plurality of medical supplies receptacles, the receptacle each being of a shape and configuration to be able to at least partly receive and hold at least one medical item:
• a plurality of sensors associated with the receptacle, the sensors configured to generate signals indicative of the presence and/or absence or removal of the medical item(s) in/from respective receptacles;
• and
• a door, the door pivotably connected to the housing and the door being moveable between an open position corresponding to the medical supplies storage zone being exposed for interaction by a user and a closed position where the door covers the medical supplies storage zone thereby preventing interaction by the user,
• wherein the housing includes a camera to make a recording of a view facing away from the medical supplies storage zone, and the door includes a mirror that is located to reflect a view of at least part of the medical supplies storage zone to the camera when the door is near its closed position such that the medical supplies storage zone is recordable by the camera when the door is near its closed position,
• wherein at least one of the receptacles is defined by a pair of parallel, spaced apart vertical walls and at least a base wall, a capacitive sensor disposed on or within the receptacle, and the capacitive sensor comprises a pair of sensing elements,
• wherein each sensing element is disposed on, adjacent or within one of the vertical walls such that the sensing elements are substantially parallel to each other and spaced apart from each other,
• wherein the capacitive sensor is one of the plurality of sensors and is configured to generate a signal indicative of the presence or number of medical items located in the receptacle between the pair of sensing elements,
• wherein medical items of at least two different kinds are each associated with differently configured RFID tags, and
• wherein an RFID tag reader is provided for at least one of the receptacles, the RFID tag reader being one of the plurality of sensors and arranged and configured to read the RFID tags and determine at least one of the following:
• if a correct medical item is located at the respective receptacle,
• orientation of the medical item(s) when in the respective receptacle, and
• information carried by the RFID tag(s).