Swisslog -Model AutoCarousel -Semi-Automated Pharmacy Storage System
AutoCarousel is our current-generation, semi-automated medication storage and retrieval system for hospital pharmacies. Improve manual, labor-intensive processes while reducing medication picking errors and excess pharmacy inventory with AutoCarousel.
- Inpatient Pharmacy
- Consolidated Service Centers
Barcode verification and pick-to-light orders: Ensures accurate order filling, improving patient safety
Modular design and on-site assembly: Allows placement in tight spaces, reclaiming valuable pharmacy space
Manual spinning: Provides access to items in case of emergency
Integrates with Medication Inventory Management: Facilitates accurate, comprehensive order tracking and control
Password-protected access: Adds security and traceability to order entry, improving chain of custody
AutoCarousel, together with Medication Inventory Management software, transforms pharmacy workflows by reducing labor, drug waste, missing medications and picking errors.
A cost-effective solution, AutoCarousel works with existing wholesaler relationships and supports current information system investments.
Medication control and tracking
Combined with Medication Inventory Management software, AutoCarousel lets you comprehensively track and manage all stored items. Barcode scanning all medications brings organization to the often chaotic pharmacy environment.
Efficient use of resources
AutoCarousel, combined with Medication Inventory Management software, saves time involved in ordering, receiving, stocking, picking and returning medications. Some 70 percent of health system users get back 20 percent of time formerly spent on medication inventory management.
Accurate tracking helps you drastically reduce medication waste and inventory carrying costs, saving your health system valuable resources. Tight inventory management promotes proper medication utilization and purchasing, leading to system-wide savings.
Integration into the existing IT landscape
AutoCarousel’s integration with EHRs, wholesalers, eMARs and other best-of-breed pharmacy automation systems streamlines your processes.