Medical supply cabinet with medical supply contents having machine readable codes
AssigneeAero Healthcare
InventorTimothy John Ovenden
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Abstract
A medical supply cabinet includes a housing; a medical supply cabinet identifying machine readable code located on the housing; and a plurality of medical supply packages, each medical supply package containing a specific medical supply. Each medical supply package includes a discarded portion created when the medical supply package is opened. The discarded portion of the medical supply package includes a medical supply package machine readable code identifying the specific medical supply associated with the medical supply package.
Claims19
A medical supply cabinet, comprising:
- a housing;
- a medical supply cabinet identifying machine readable code located on said housing;
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- a plurality of medical supply packages, each medical supply package containing a specific medical supply;
- each medical supply package including a discarded portion created when said medical supply package is opened;
- said discarded portion of said medical supply package including a medical supply package machine readable code identifying the specific medical supply associated with said medical supply package.
A system for auditing contents of a medical supply cabinet, comprising:
- a housing;
- a medical supply cabinet identifying machine readable code located on said housing;
- a plurality of medical supply packages, each medical supply package containing a specific medical supply;
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- an optical scanner;
- each medical supply package including a discarded portion created when said medical supply package is opened;
- said discarded portion of said medical supply package including a medical supply package machine readable code identifying the specific medical supply associated with said medical supply package;
- said optical scanner reading said medical supply cabinet identifying machine readable code and said medical supply package machine readable codes;
- said optical scanner determining, based upon the read medical supply cabinet identifying machine readable code and medical supply package machine readable codes, which specific medical supplies are in the medical supply cabinet, which specific medical supplies in the medical supply cabinet are expired, and which specific medical supplies in the medical supply cabinet are missing.
A method for auditing contents of a medical supply cabinet having a medical supply cabinet identifying machine readable code located thereon and a plurality of medical supply packages, each medical supply package containing a specific medical supply and a medical supply machine readable code identifying the specific medical supply associated with said medical supply package, comprising:
- (a) reading the a medical supply cabinet identifying machine readable code and the medical supply package machine readable codes;
- (b) determining, based upon the read medical supply package machine readable codes, the current supply status of the medical supplies in the medical supply cabinet;
- (c) determining, based upon the read medical supply cabinet identifying machine readable code, the required supply status of the medical supplies in the medical supply cabinet;
- (d) comparing the current supply status of the medical supplies in the medical supply cabinet and the required supply status of the medical supplies in the medical supply cabinet;
- (e) determining, based upon the comparison of the current supply status of the medical supplies in the medical supply cabinet and the required supply status of the medical supplies in the medical supply cabinet, the needed supplies for the medical supply cabinet;
- (f) reading the medical supply cabinet identifying machine readable code and the medical supply package machine readable codes, if the needed supplies for the medical supply cabinet are replaced, to verify that the medical supply cabinet is in compliance with regulations and to determine a revised current supply status of the medical supplies in the medical supply cabinet;
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- (g) uploading the revised current supply status of the medical supplies in the medical supply cabinet to a database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.