Application of Dispensing Robot in Pharmacy Intravenous Admixture Services

OBJECTIVE To investigate the application of configuration robot in pharmacy intravenous admixture services. METHODS Comparison of the efficiency, residue, times of push-pull syringes, incidence of accidental stabbing in the hands, and accuracy of the deployment between the configuration robot and the manual dispensing of the drug. RESULTS The configuration robot was equipped with four kinds of drugs:carbazochrome sodium sulfonate, ceftizoxime sodium for injection, coenzyme complex and cefathiamidine. The residual amounts were 0.13±0.01, 0.14±0.01, 0.12±0.01, 0.14±0.01, respectively, which were lower than the internal control standard(≤ 5% of the dissolved media product). The intravenous drug configuration robot could reduce the times of the hand push-pull syringes. During the observation period, manual accidental stab wounds occurred 6 times, but the configuration robot did not occur, manual deployment occurred a total of 60 errors, while the dispensing robot only 4 times. With the extension of the deployment time, the machine deployment efficiency was higher than the manual in the third hour, and in one hour, the efficiency of one staff member operating two dispensing robots at the same time was higher than the manual deployment. CONCLUSION The configuration robot can significantly reduce the labor intensity and occupational injuries of the staff, improve the accuracy and efficiency of the deployment, and has certain application prospects in pharmacy intravenous admixture services.