DTA Station & DTA Storage

Human error during manual-fills is a very common issue in this industry. To assist with this issue, Yuyama has developed this support system for manual-filling. Users prepare manual medication trays by following the LED lights and on-screen guidance from the connected work station. Users can easily understand where the drugs should be placed.  With the PIS integrated with our software, only the prescriptions needing manual fills will be sent to the software separately. The pharmacist then prepares the manual medications in advance. At the same time, the system can print out the list of manually added drugs for added efficiency and improving their overall manual preparation.

Product Features

DTA Station

DTA Storage

DTA Station is used as a "pre-pack solution". The scripts are sent to the PROUD, and some of the prescriptions have medications which are is not loaded on the PROUD. For added efficiency, Yuyama's system can divide various scripts by flagging those with manual additions and those without. For those with manual fills, the user can prepare and fill drugs in advance on the tray. When a prescription with a manual addition is ready, the user simply sets the designated tray into the PROUD.

To provide the user versatility while minimizing waste, a variable roller mechanism is used to create five different packaging sizes. Customers can select the height of the pouches from five options: 60, 70, 76, 80 and 90mm. In addition, you can input a tablet size coefficient in the drug database, enabling Proud to calculate the optimal amount of tablets per pouch, and then distribute the optimal amount into each pouch automatically. The pouch-printing format is configurable for your patient needs.

Work Flow

Software

Once the user releases the prescription by batch, Yuyama's JSD.NET processes the order and forwards it to the machine and DTA station at the same time. Then, the device will begin to dispense orders which don't include manual-additions. While dispensing the orders, the device prints out the drug list for manual-addition drugs. After picking the drugs for manual addition up, prepare the DTA tray on the station. Once the tray is completed, just place the DTA tray into the DTA storage. The PROUD will ask the user to put the designated tray into the DTA station, and the DTA storage will guide you with LEDs to which tray needs to be loaded. Once it is loaded into PROUD, it will begin to dispense for the prescriptions.

Our software was developed to be the solution for manual fills. The system shows the set location for each drug and its quantity after being chosen on the screen, reducing the probability of dispense errors.

Human Error

Features

Pharmacists always pay attention to "Human Error" caused by fatigue and high workload. Various devices to automate dispensing tasks were created to counteract this issue. However, manual medications still remains as one of the major factors. This device can can reduce  "Human Error".

1. Saves time -Able to complete multiple DTA's in advance - No need to wait for Rx.

2. Reduce Human Error - LED function - Barcode check for every single drug.

3. Reduce Incorrect DTA Preparation - Writing the Rx code onto RFID chip ensures proper dispensing. -Authentication with RFID on the tray and M/C sensor.