Medicament dispensing station

A medicament-dispensing apparatus for filling a prescription for a medicament, said apparatus comprising:

• a prescription database including prescription data corresponding to a prescription to be filled including the medicament thereof;
• a computer including means for accessing said prescription database for retrieving prescription data therefrom corresponding to the prescription to be filled;
• a printer coupled with said computer and operable to print a prescription label representative of the prescription;
• an indicia-reading device coupled with said computer and operable to read indicia on a unit of use of a medicament and to generate unit of use data representative thereof, said unit of use data being representative of the medicament contained in the unit of use, said device being operable to provide said unit of use data to said computer,
• said computer including means for comparing said unit of use data and said prescription data to determine a match therebetween and in response, prompting said printer to print the prescription label;
• and
• an attribute database including attribute data representative of at least one physical attribute of the medicament, said computer including means for accessing said attribute database and for retrieving attribute data therefrom corresponding to the prescription medicament and for activating said printer to print the prescription label with medicament indicia thereon representative of at least one physical attribute of the prescription medicament.

A medicament-dispensing apparatus for filling a prescription for a medicament, said apparatus comprising:

• an attribute database including attribute data corresponding to at least one physical attribute of the prescription medicament of a prescription to be filled;
• said attribute data including a word description of the medicament;
• a computer including means for accessing said attribute database for retrieving attribute data therefrom corresponding to the prescription to be filled;
• and
• a printer coupled with said computer and operable to print a prescription label representative of the prescription,
• said computer including means for activating said printer and print a prescription label with medicament indicia thereon corresponding to said attribute data.

A prescription-filling apparatus for filling a prescription for a medicament, said apparatus comprising:

• a language database including language data corresponding to the prescription in a second language;
• a computer including means for accessing said language database for retrieving language data therefrom corresponding to the prescription to be filled;
• and
• a printer coupled with said computer and operable to print a prescription label representative of the prescription,
• said computer including means for activating means for said printer to print a first prescription label in a first language and a second prescription label in said second language.