US 2026/0229078 A1 · Method for Documenting Controlled Substance Wasting at Controlled Substance Storage Vault

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to presently disclosed improvements regarding methodology for documenting controlled substance wasting at controlled substance storage vault, including for some embodiments leveraging use of currently available RFID enabled controlled substance vault technology. The process of disposing of controlled substances is referred to as “wasting.” When a controlled substance is wasted the following information must be documented 1) person who performed the wasting, 2) a separate person who witnessed the wasting, 3) amount of controlled substance that was administered, 4) amount of controlled substance that was wasted, 5) reason that the controlled substance was wasted, and 6) date and time of the wasting. The presently disclosed subject matter provides technology for guiding users (such as paramedics) through a process for capturing required wasting data.

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Dependent claims

A system for controlled substance storage and automated wasting documentation, comprising:

a closable enclosure having a securable interior portion;
an electronically actuated lock system for selectively allowing and inhibiting access to said securable interior portion;
a plurality of medicinal units received within said securable interior portion, each unit associated with a respective tamper-evident RFID tag having an ID characteristic;
an RFID reading system associated with said enclosure and adapted for identifying said medicinal units by reading said ID characteristics;
a microprocessor-based access control circuit operatively connected to said lock system and said RFID reading system;
and
a user interface configured to provide a user access to said access control circuit;
wherein said microprocessor-based access control circuit is programmed for detecting removal of a specific medicinal unit via a change in the status of its associated RFID tag and, upon detecting said removal, to guide a user via said user interface through a mandatory wasting documentation sequence if all contents of the specific medicinal unit are not administered to a patient.

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Methodology for documenting controlled substance wasting at a secure storage vault, comprising:

providing a closable enclosure having a securable interior portion with an electronically actuated lock system for selectively allowing and inhibiting access to said securable interior portion;
providing a plurality of medicinal units to be received within said securable interior portion, each unit associated with a respective tamper-evident RFID tag having an ID characteristic;
associating an RFID reading system with said enclosure for identifying specific tagged medicinal units therein;
validating credentials of a first user to unlock said enclosure via the lock system;
detecting the removal of at least one specific tagged medicinal unit from said enclosure by monitoring the status of its associated RFID tag with the RFID reading system;
and
initiating an automated wasting documentation sequence via a user interface associated with said enclosure to capture wasting data related to the specific medicinal unit identified if all contents of the specific medicinal unit are not administered to a patient.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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