SPRINGFIELD, Queensland's new Mater hospital will be equipped with a state-of-the-art robotic pharmacy system that will deliver around '100,000 prescriptions a year to patients and medical staff within minutes', Mirage has reported.
The $450,000 investment is being made possible by Mater Foundation - the charity that funds new equipment, services and research across the state's Mater hospitals.
The BD ROWA Vmax-160 pharmacy robotic and inventory dispensing system automatically picks and directs dispensed medicines to each pharmacist's workstation via chutes and conveyor belts, as opposed to the pharmacist walking to the shelves to identify and collect the medicines, explained Mater Private Hospital Springfield Pharmacy Manager Nirmal Panneerselvam.
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