A total of 278,000 medication labels are printed from Kuopio University Hospital's eMED ICON automated dispensing systems in a year. In the past, the personnel wrote the information on the labels manually.
The pharmaceutical services at the Central Finland Central Hospital took a technological leap by acquiring an IV ICON Twins compounding robot for the sterile preparations of antibiotics. This required the pharmacists to rethink the whole working process of compounding.
Mega-Fixu automated dispensing system, with its moving robot arms, has been lovingly named "Kerttu" by the hospital staff. Read how the friendly robot has made an impact on the everyday work of the pharmacy technicians at North Karelia Central Hospital.
Involved in the operations is the world’s largest fully automated medical storage system, which has two robot arms feeding 4,000–5,000 medicine packages into the storage a day.
The operating rooms, recovery ward, intensive care units and C-section rooms of Kaari Hospital are the first in Finland to begin using electronic eMED ICON automated dispensing cabinets.
Kuopio University Hospital invested in a full line of NewIcon's pharmacy automation systems for its new facilities. This includes a Mega-Fixu automated dispensing system, more than 65 eMED ICON automated dispensing cabinets, and an IV ICON Twins compounding system.