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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2012
Medco Health Solutions, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Chih-Jen Leu, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
James G. McErlean, Uniondale, PA (US);
Dennis Wayne Rice, Flanders, NJ (US);
MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, quality assurance systems for verifying branding of at least one medication container associated with at least one of a prescription and medication order are provided. The systems including: a transport system that transports at least one first container branded with a particular branding among a plurality of bran dings to and from a pharmaceutical and/or medical product dispensing system, and transports the at least one first container to the pharmaceutical and/or medical product dispensing system after correcting the particular branding when correction is performed; a scanning system including at least one scanner for scanning identification information associated with the at least one first container; a display that displays order information associated with the identification information received from the scanning system including information indicating a correct branding for the at least one first container; and a pharmacist station for determining whether the correct branding matches the particular branding and correcting the particular branding if the correct branding does not match the particular branding.