Method of distribution of medications to a plurality of patients
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InventorsMichel FOUBET, Olivier FOUBET, Gregory FOUBET
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method of distribution of medications to a plurality of patients in which dose-time medication organisers are used, each containing, for a patient, different unitary doses of medications for a single dose time but for different days; the different medication organisers are grouped in a plurality of groups of dose-time medication organisers each including, in a common receiver, different medication organisers for different patients for a single dose time; for the distribution of medications, a receiver is selected for a dose time corresponding to the distribution time, and the medications are administered to the patients of the medication organisers of this receiver.
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Method of distribution of medications to a plurality of patients, in which, for each patient of said plurality of patients, medications intended for this patient being packaged in at least one one-piece package, named medication organiser, comprising a plurality of packaging cells, each packaging cell containing a group, named unitary dose of medications, of at least one medication intended to be administered to this patient at a given time of the day, named dose time:
- for the distribution of a unitary dose of medication to one patient of said plurality of patients, a medication organiser corresponding to this patient is selected and the unitary dose of medications intended for this patient and contained in a packaging cell of this medication organiser is administered, wherein
- medication organisers, named dose-time medications organisers (18), are used, each containing, for one patient of said plurality of patients, different unitary doses of medications for a single dose time but for different days, each packaging cell (23) of a dose-time medication organiser (18) containing a unitary dose of medications for this single dose time for this patient,
- the different dose-time medication organisers (18) of said plurality of patients are grouped into a plurality of groups of dose-time medication organisers, each group of dose-time medication organisers comprising, in a common receiver (22), different dose-time medication organisers (18) for different patients of said plurality of patients, all the dose-time medication organisers of a single group of dose-time medication organisers all corresponding to a single dose time,
- for the distribution of medications to patients of said plurality of patients at one time of one day, named distribution time, a receiver (22) containing a group of dose-time medication organisers (18) for a dose time corresponding to the distribution time and to these patients is selected, and the unitary doses of medications are administered to these different patients using the dose-time medication organisers of this receiver (22).
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