Does the barcode reader for the vials capture and record the data in the various sub-fields or only the image of
the barcode?
Most cytotoxic drug vials do not have a bar code on the vial label, but only on the carton case containing the vial. For this reason
we adopted a computer vision system, able to recognize the specific drug vial from the image of its label. This system can also
read the barcode (if present) and also read characters printed on a specific position of the label (e.g.: "0.5 mg / 10 ml").
Is the barcode data searchable?
Barcodes generated to label final solutions are unique and are stored in the database of Cytocare. A query to the database can be
done reading the barcode on an ID station or simply entering manually its number. If that barcode has been associated to a
preparation, all data relevant to this preparation are retrieved from the database. This can allow, for example, for a final check of
the IV bag just before administering it to the patient (e.g.: in the hospital nurse station or patient bed from a PC or a wireless
pocket PC connected to the hospital LAN).
How do we know that the right barcode label is affixed to the right final container?
Every final container (bag, syringe, elastomeric pump, etc.) is pre-labelled prior to entering the system. This label can be put even
days before and simply contains a barcode with a unique sequential number (not associated either to a patient or to a preparation).
When a container enters the system and is picked for a given preparation, the machine reads its barcode and associates it to that
specific preparation. When the finished preparation gets out of the system, its barcode is read and a second label is issued,
containing preparation data (i.e.: patient name, drug, qty., time, etc.). The consistency of the two labels can be checked whenever
any hospital employee desires, both by a barcode reader and by a visual inspection (i.e.: just reading the two numbers). If the
hospital HIS supports it, both the original barcode information and the final label barcode could be sent to a point of care scanning
device for final double check prior to administration.
the barcode?
Most cytotoxic drug vials do not have a bar code on the vial label, but only on the carton case containing the vial. For this reason
we adopted a computer vision system, able to recognize the specific drug vial from the image of its label. This system can also
read the barcode (if present) and also read characters printed on a specific position of the label (e.g.: "0.5 mg / 10 ml").
Is the barcode data searchable?
Barcodes generated to label final solutions are unique and are stored in the database of Cytocare. A query to the database can be
done reading the barcode on an ID station or simply entering manually its number. If that barcode has been associated to a
preparation, all data relevant to this preparation are retrieved from the database. This can allow, for example, for a final check of
the IV bag just before administering it to the patient (e.g.: in the hospital nurse station or patient bed from a PC or a wireless
pocket PC connected to the hospital LAN).
How do we know that the right barcode label is affixed to the right final container?
Every final container (bag, syringe, elastomeric pump, etc.) is pre-labelled prior to entering the system. This label can be put even
days before and simply contains a barcode with a unique sequential number (not associated either to a patient or to a preparation).
When a container enters the system and is picked for a given preparation, the machine reads its barcode and associates it to that
specific preparation. When the finished preparation gets out of the system, its barcode is read and a second label is issued,
containing preparation data (i.e.: patient name, drug, qty., time, etc.). The consistency of the two labels can be checked whenever
any hospital employee desires, both by a barcode reader and by a visual inspection (i.e.: just reading the two numbers). If the
hospital HIS supports it, both the original barcode information and the final label barcode could be sent to a point of care scanning
device for final double check prior to administration.
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