pacmed - McKesson Canada

PACMED®
Advanced High-Speed Packaging
for Oral Solid Medications
• Reduces oral solid packaging
labour by 65%
• Standardizes bar-code formats
to facilitate bedside scanning
• Shrinks cabinet fill time by 70%
• The Robot-Rx Ready Model only
offered by McKesson:
− Increases Robot-Rx packaging
productivity by 300%
− Optimizes ROBOT-Rx
inventory by reducing
offline inventory
PACMED brings intelligent, formulary
level management capabilities to
high speed, oral solids medication
packaging.
PACMED® is one of many solutions
McKesson offers to help hospitals
and health systems improve
outcomes, build better businesses
and manage change.
McKesson Automation Solutions
4705 Dobrin Street
Saint-Laurent QC H4R 2P7
www.mckesson.ca
robot@mckesson.ca
© 2013 McKesson Corporation and/or one of its
subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.
PACMED, Connect-Rx, AcuDose-Rx, Robot-Rx, Singulator,
MedCarousel and PACVision are trademarks or registered
trademarks of McKesson Corporation and/or one of its
subsidiaries.
ACAN101_07/13
Flexible and scalable to need
The multi-tasking PACMED with
Server Plus software combined with
the McKesson Connect-Rx software
platform will electronically process
orders for specific patients, for
AcuDose-Rx cabinets, and for the
MedCarousel and Robot-Rx systems.
PACMED with Core software can also
be used stand-alone interfaced
directly with a wide range of
Pharmacy Information Systems.
Automated packaging uses significantly less labor, optimizes inventory
levels, and enables bulk medication
buying. PACMED scalability (accommodating from 60 to 500 line items)
and flexibility (three sizes of storage
canisters and three or two sizes of
packages – two with the Robot-Rx
Ready model - ) make it ideal for
pharmacy environment.
Optimizes Inventory
Technicians weigh the bulk medication storage canisters to verify
quantities restocked. Inventory is
linked with other PACMED data to
give you exact inventory at all times
and receive alerts when medication
reaches predefined levels.
Maximizes space with multiple
package sizes
Maximize space efficiency in
cabinets, using half-height sizes
that enable 50 percent more doses
to fit into cabinet pockets.
PACMED produces three sizes:
Single dose:
• 70 mm W x 45 mm H
• 70 mm W x 55 mm H
Multi-dose:
• 70 mm W x 55 mm H
• 70 mm W x 75 mm H
ROBOT-Ready PACMED model
produces two type of package sizes,
amber-film-type also:
• 63.5 mm W x 75 mm H
with stacker rod hole
• 63.5 mm W x 37.5 mm H
Automates unique doses
The Special Tablet System tray
enables advance preparation of
unique/exceptional doses, such as
half doses or low-volume medication.
Allows for packaging for a variety
of operational needs, including,
patient-specific, unit-dose or multidose packaging, batches, unit-dose
packaging for cabinet replenishment,
and packaging for multiple sites.
Creates customized package design
The intuitive, drag-and-drop tool
enables customized package design.
Print medication, patient, order data
and bar-code symbologies on each
package in a variety of font styles
and sizes.
Helps track lot numbers and
expiration dates
Track lot numbers and expiration
dates automatically. Sort and filter
customized Crystal-based reports.
Fast and certified canister
calibration
McKesson Canada calibrates bulk
medication canisters in Montreal,
Quebec. It is the only certified
canister calibration facility in Canada.
PACMED Options
PACVision® saves time on verification of
pouches. Fully integrated with PACMED, the
pouch verification device helps save up to
75% on verification time. PACVision is based
on an advanced pill recognition system that
verifies the shape and color of every pill. This
fast, reliable, compact and secure machine
verifies the content of each pouch in less than
one second.
Singulator automates the cutting and
stacking of ROBOT-Ready packages for
transfer to ROBOT-Rx or offline inventory,
freeing technicians to focus on other
pharmacy activities.