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  • Title: Automated medication dispensing: the ATC 212 system.
    Author: Jones DG, Crane VS, Trussell RG.
    Journal: Hosp Pharm; 1989 Aug; 24(8):604, 606-10. PubMed ID: 10294358.
    Abstract:
    Innovative technology is currently being designed and produced that will change the way hospital pharmacy is practiced in the future. Automated technology is becoming a powerful component of health care as human resources become scarce. The report describes a technology currently in use at a large general acute care hospital. This new automated system assists the pharmacy department by packaging and dispensing medications to be used in the centralized, computer supported cart-filling process. The ATC 212 System (Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Deerfield, IL) was reviewed and selected as a tool to enhance pharmacy operations. The system has made a positive impact on the unit dose centralized cart-fill operations. A reduction of one full-time technician, a reallocation of pharmacists' time and an increase in productivity and operational flexibility has been realized as a result of the ATC 212 system implementation.
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