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Automated medication storage and dispensing for high- performing hospitals
Rowa Vmax®
A Pyxis® Technology
Carol Farrow, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich“With Rowa, we reduced our medication stock, increased security for our patients and improved the supply of our wards!”
Dr. Sean O’Hare, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast“Reassigning job responsibilities, more efficiently managing services, handling pharmaceuticals specific to wards and reducing storage requirements—we’ve achieved all of these objectives with Rowa. We’ve also increased space and morale. The reliability of the system in our demanding 24/7 operation is very impressive.”
Malmö University Hospital
The hospital dispensary is equipped with a complete solution containing a Rowa Vmax®
tandem system, the fully automatic inputting ProLog system and a Box system for ward
commissioning. This solution is the central stock for seven hospitals in the Swedish region
Skåne and one of the most modern logistics solutions in Europe.
Technical data
Dimensions: Rowa Vmax 1: 7.0 x 2.3 x 1.6 m, Rowa Vmax 2: 7.0 x 2.8 x 1.6 m
Capacity: Up to 35,000 packages
2 ProLog systems: Fully automatic input of up to 400 packages per hour.
Buffer belt lengths of 8 and 6 m
Box system: Completely automated package commissioning for the wards
Rowa Vmax®—slimline medicines management for hospital dispensaries
Hospitals must be able to rely on their systems.
That’s why Rowa always offers maximum reliability.
Our 400 systems constantly operating in demanding
conditions prove the advantages of our automated
stock management.
The Rowa Vmax hospital provides an extremely flexible
and high-performance storage and dispensing system.
When combined with our wide range of product options,
Rowa enables:
• Highscalabilityforcapacity(upto60,000packages
per machine) and speed
• Combiningmultiplemachines
• Higherreliabilitybytwopickingheads
• Inputspeedpermachineofupto900packsperhour
• Outputspeedpermachineofupto2,000packs
per hour
• SafetyfeaturesincludingUPS,backupstoragedrive,
stock scan, user identification with various
authorization levels and refrigerator with data logger
• Recordingexpirydatesandbatchnumbers
• Conveyorsystemoptimisingstockpickingand
commissioning for the wards
• TÜVandGScertificationguaranteeingquality
and safety
Integratingwiththehospital’sstockcontrolsystem,
Rowa clearly streamlines medicines management.
Stock intake, recording, storage and order picking for
the wards—all of these previously manual activities
can be done with Rowa in a fraction of the time, so
qualified personnel can now work more on the wards,
for example. This is a huge advantage, especially in
times of increasing pressure on hospital staff budgets.
Rowa ensures medication stock management—around
the clock, 365 days a year—by providing the highest
reliability and a comprehensive, fast and competent
service network with our 24-hour hotline and very
own technicians.
The right temperature— the Rowa refrigerated unit
According to regulations, some medicines must
be stored at a constant, low temperature. The
patented Rowa refrigerated unit offers dispensaries
the option of constantly cooling medicines. Upon
input, the unit recognizes that a particular
medicine must be cooled and stored with high
priority. To minimize power consumption, the
lamellae open just enough to enable input while
ensuring a constant temperature.
Rowa product options— customized automation
Rowa offers numerous configuration options that increase your level of automation based on your specific dispensary needs.
ProLog— stock input at the touch of a button
Ifstockmustbemaintainedwithminimalmanual
movement, the ProLog system from Rowa offers
the optimum solution at the touch of a button.
ProLog can therefore unlock enormous additional
potential for efficiency. Pharmacy staff simply has
to tip out the boxes containing new medications,
and the system automatically handles the remaining
input—up to 5,000 packs per day. Loading can take
place anywhere: directly at the system, remotely from
the system using Rowa conveyor technology or even
from a different floor or separate goods inward gate.
ProLog also processes 2D barcodes and round packs.
Conveyor system— extremely short routes
Optimally using available space and setting
up the stockroom in unused space are important.
Thanks to our conveyor technology developed
specially for pharmacies and dispensaries, Rowa
storage and dispensing systems can be installed
exactly where the space exists—on the upper
and lower floors or in adjoining rooms. Conveyor
belts as well as chutes and servo-controlled
lifts quickly and quietly transport medications
directly to the necessary places.
Box system— picking from bulk orders
With the Box system, Rowa offers a practical solution
fordeliveringlargerorders(e.g.,forthewards).
Up to 100 boxes can sit in a buffer. The packs are
picked on an order basis, labels are applied by Rowa
Label and packs are then packed into the proper
box. The box is then transported onward either by a
conveyor belt or manually. The system can also handle
commercially available wholesale boxes and take
the necessary information for label printing and
pickingfromtheITsystem.Allstepsfromorderingto
delivering larger orders can be automated.
Second inputting belt— faster semi-automatic inputting
The second inputting belt enables a larger input buffer
for semi-automatic inputting. When the first belt is full,
the employee can start inputting on the second belt
while the picking heads are clearing the first belt.
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