Sydvestjysk Hospital recently opened a new patient-ward building and wanted a modern solution to help reduce medication waste. eMED ICON automated dispensing cabinets were chosen.
Tiina Kahila, head nurse of the ICU, shares her experience of using the eMED ICON automated dispensing cabinets. She likes how the cabinets have allowed for a more organized way of dispensing the medicines, especially during "peak hours".
Seinäjoki Central Hospital is house to both Mega-Fixu automated dispensing system (located at the hospital pharmacy) and 6 eMED ICON automated dispensing cabinets (located at the hospital wards). Read how the hospital pharmacists and the nurses streamline their work and collaboration using NewIcon's pharmacy automation solutions.
The newly built hospital acquired an IV ICON Twins compounding system and 35 eMED ICON automated dispensing cabinets. Read how they plan and prepare for the integration of automation systems into their daily workflow.
To improve the asepticity of the operating theatres, the eMED ICON automated dispensing cabinets were installed in the walls of treatment rooms, with the medicines dispensed through the wall. The patient’s immediate environment is calmer and safer, as the automated dispensing cabinets are filled from outside the room.
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.