Proposed Topic (Most preferred): :
Clinical Safety and Quality Service II (Projects aiming to enhance clinical safety and outcomes, clinical governance / risk management)
Authors (including presenting author) :
L CHU
Affiliation :
Pharmacy Department, DKCH,MMRC,FYKH
Introduction :
Implementation of Inpatient Drug Distribution Model is listed in 2022/23 Annual Plan of Chief Pharmacist’s Office. (Ref: 22-006PHA-19-01)
Objectives :
Automatic Medication Unit Dose Dispensing System (AMUDDS) is to automate the process of packaging and dispensing individual unit doses of medications. AMUDDS is designed to improve medication management, enhance patient safety, and increase operational efficiency in pharmacy and ward. Accuracy: AMUDDS aims to minimize medication errors by automating the dispensing process. The system uses advanced technologies such as barcode scanning and computerized algorithms to ensure that the correct medication, dosage, and patient-specific information are accurately dispensed. Efficiency: AMUDDS streamlines the medication dispensing workflow, saving time and effort for pharmacy staff. It can automatically package and label unit doses sorting by ward, bed number and administration time. Reduce medication wastage: By minimizing ward return drugs, optimizing inventory usage, implementation of AMUDDS can reduce medication wastage.
Methodology :
Installation of Automatic Medication Unit Dose Dispensing System. Renovation of Pharmacy to incorporate new workflow.
Result & Outcome :
The goal is to streamline the drug administration process in ward and reduce medication wastage. The only and the first one machine to provide unit dose medication for 3 hospitals (DKCH/FYKH/MMRC). Succeed live run for all wards in 3 hospitals within 2 months.
