Method for controlling access to medications

A method for controlling access to medications comprising the steps of:

• electronically unlocking a lid for a single bin out of a plurality of bins within a delivery module at a first location, to accept a medication into the unlocked bin, where the rest of the bins in the same delivery module remain locked;
• rotating a mechanical lock to engage with the lid once it has been closed;
• rotating a mechanical lock inside the delivery module to lock the delivery module within a drawer at a second location;
• accepting patient name data along with medication data for said patient;
• electronically identifying the delivery module which contains the bin having medication for said patient;
• and
• directing light out of a protrusion extending from the delivery module which contains said medication.

A method for controlling access to medications comprising the steps of:

• electronically unlocking a lid for a single bin out of a plurality of bins within a delivery module at a first location, to accept a medication into the unlocked bin, where the rest of the bins in the same delivery module remain locked;
• rotating a mechanical lock to engage with the lid once it has been closed;
• maintaining the bin in a locked state during transport to a second location;
• rotating a mechanical lock on the delivery module to engage with a post in the bottom of a drawer once the delivery module has been lowered into a drawer at the second location containing said post;
• electronically unlocking a lid for a waste bin for accepting medication waste;
• rotating a mechanical lock to engage with the lid of the waste bin once it has been filled with waste medication and closed;
• electronically unlocking the delivery module containing the waste bin from a drawer so that it can be removed from the drawer;
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• maintaining the waste bin in a locked state during transport to a medication return location.