Patent ID: 6032155
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: A61J,G06F,G07C,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
A patient verification method for verifying that a prescribed dose of medication is administered to a specific patient, said patient verification method comprising the steps of:providing a dispensing workstation in communication with a database having predetermined patient information and corresponding prescribed medication dose information for each of a plurality of predetermined patients, a portable container adapted to move from open and closed positions and locked and unlocked positions, an information device having a memory, a comparison device, and a patient identification device associated with the specific patient, said patient identification device containing specific patient information;using said dispensing workstation to select a selected patient from said database, said selected patient having selected patient information and corresponding selected prescribed medication dose information;dispensing the prescribed dose of medication for said selected patient into said portable container, communicating a dispensing signal containing said selected patient information to said information device, storing said selected patient information in said memory of said information device, closing said portable container, attaching said information device to said portable container, and locking said portable container in said locked position;transporting said portable container and information device to the specific patient;communicating a verification signal containing either of said selected patient information and said specific patient information to said comparison device;comparing said specific patient information to said selected patient information; and,unlocking said portable container when said specific patient information corresponds to said selected patient information.