System and method for ensuring the proper dispensation of pharmaceuticals
AssigneeAllscripts, Inc.
InventorJerome L. Krupa
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Abstract
A system is provided for dispensing pharmaceuticals or other material dispensed in prepackaged containers. The container includes a symbol such as a barcode to identify the contents of the container. The system uses a label having a first portion having an outer edge and a second portion that extends out from one side and above the top of the first portion. The second portion includes an indicium such as a barcode that is printed on the second portion that describes the desired contents of a container on which the label is intended. The symbol and the indicium are electronically read after the label is affixed to the container to determine if the label is on a container having the identified contents.
Claims9
A packaging system for pharmaceuticals, the packaging system comprised of:
- a container having a symbol that represents a pharmaceutical stored in the container;
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- a single-layer label having a first side and a second side with the second side attached directly to a surface of a container, the single-layer label including:
- a first portion having an outer boundary;
- a second portion extending out and away from the outer boundary of the first portion;
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- an indicium, inscribed on the second portion, identifying at least a pharmaceutical that has been prescribed to a patient;
- the indicium aligned with the symbol so as to allow both the symbol and the indicium to be scanned together by a detector in order to confirm that the prescribed pharmaceutical matches the contents of the pharmaceutical container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.