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Fulcrum Inc. is presently working on the development of the first TORBAL mechanical pill counter. The PCS-1 is fast, safe, accurate, fully automatic and maintenance free. Just like in our pill counting scales, cross contamination in the PCS-1 is fully eliminated. Pills and tablets are extracted from the supply bottle directly into the vial, and never come in contact with parts of the pill counter. For detailed specifications, images and videos please go to the “PCS-1 Concept Counter” tab in the Main Menu.
Fulcrum is also working on the development of a pharmacy pill counting system for larger pharmacies where multiple stations may be required for filling scripts. The system allows multiple users access to a common database used for pill counting. Each workstation uses a simplified version of Torbal’s DRX-500s prescription balance (with internal self calibration) to count pills at high rates. Each station has an auto-triggering laser scanner to enter the supply bottle NDC code, and to verify the drug with a label packet NDC code (optional).
The system envisions one station serving as the data input point where all arriving supply bottles are logged into the system and average piece weights are kept current. This relieves all of the other workstations from ever having to enter or update piece weight information. Pill counting becomes a 3 step operation (4 steps if verification is used); tare the vial weight (press a tare button), scan the supply bottle label, pour the pills to the desired count. This is a very high speed operation with no possibility for cross contamination and no parts cleaning.
The common database is stored in a server which accepts inputs from the master logging station and feeds the slave work stations. The master station may also be used as a work station. The database capacity is well over 30,000 drugs.
Pill Counting and Prescription Drug Poisonings |
A recent article on NPR announced that “Poisonings of children by medication rose by one-third between 2001 and 2008” and declared that the youngest children were often poisoned when they picked up a pill off the floor and ate it. This illustrates the critical importance of making certain that pill counting takes place not only at the pharmacy, but also by all adults who handle those pills once they arrive home. Unfortunately, it is not just the opiate painkiller drugs that are a threat to children. Their young bodies also cannot tolerate those drugs that are critical to their parents’ and grandparents’ health. Nearly half the hospitalizations of younger children were from drugs used to treat diabetics, which are becoming increasingly common in our progressively obese society. The fact that the number of adults taking prescription medications has increased by 10 percent means that there are also more drugs in the home, and more adults who are new to using and handling these powerful compounds. |
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