Putting the Right Medicines in the Right Place at the Right Time

Case Study - Automated dispensing cabinets improve medicines access and availability, whilst reducing admin time and cost

  • Site

    North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

  • Equipment

    ADC XT Series

  • Department

    13 locations across the Trust

Context

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust decided to replace their emergency department drugs cupboard with automated technology because pharmacy time was being absorbed by stocktakes required every couple of days. In addition, nurses on the ward didn’t always have the medication available that they needed for patients resulting in vital treatment delays.

 

Challenges
  1. Improve the availability of medicines to reduce treatment delays and improve patient safety
  2. Reduce the amount of time being taken by pharmacy staff to manage medicine stock levels
  3. Make medicine storage locations more accessible for nursing staff

 

 

Benefits

Real-time visibility of all stock

The cabinets give pharmacy staff visibility of exactly what stock is available in each ward, and allow for movement between locations.

Elimination of stockouts

Items are no longer found out-of-date or missing at the last minute, avoiding delays to vital treatment.

Reductions of stock at hand

Medication stock levels overall are reduced across all locations, leading to savings for the Trust.

Before we had no system at all, we had cupboards no-one could access. Now we have visibility and accessibility across the whole Trust in 13 locations and are able to manage stock more effectively.

Philip Dean, Chief Pharmacist

Enhanced Medication Safety and Staff Efficiency

Omnicell automated medication dispensing cabinets were the stand out solution for the hospital as they were easy to implement, allowed frontline staff to clearly see the medication they needed and ensured it was stored securely.

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Helping Patients Get the Care They Need

Less Time to Manage Medication

Reducing the time required for pharmacy staff to manage inventory, freeing up more time to spend with patients.

 

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