Automated Supply Dispensing Cabinets

2-Cell Automated Dispensing System for Hospital Supplies
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Product Overview

Materials managers are under growing pressure to lower costs while simultaneously ensuring compliance with increasingly stringent Joint Commission mandates and government regulations. Omnicell can help you handle this dilemma.

As a solid leader in medication and supplies automation, we offer a solution that helps you keep better track of supplies, reduce inventory, and save money. The OmniSupplier® automated dispensing system – preferred by nurses and materials managers alike – provides quick, convenient access to supplies and extensive reporting tools with the touch of a few buttons.

Automated Dispensing System Improves Inventory Control

  • Inventory and supply usage are recorded, by patient, making charge capture consistent and accurate.
  • With better control over inventory, you lower the risk of running out of essential items, and ensure supplies are there when and where your clinical staff needs them.

Benefits

  • Lowers costs by increasing inventory turns and reducing consumption.
  • Increases revenue – automated dispensing system automatically applies charges, eliminating manual entry that is often inaccurate.
  • Improves control by tracking transaction data, inventory levels, expenses, and treatment costs through a single database.
  • Helps ensure compliance with mandates and regulations.
  • Enhances clinical decision-making and patient safety through comprehensive checks and balances.

Features

Ease of Use

  • Clinicians have quick and easy access to medical supplies: Omnicell's all-new Touch & Go™ G4 biometric ID system provides fast yet secure access with the touch of a finger.
  • Large, high resolution display is easy to see and read.
  • Simple touch screen interface is designed to guide user to the most critical information.
  • Supplies and medications can be managed from the same cabinet and touch screen: track transaction data, inventory, expenses, and treatment costs through a single system.

Flexible Cabinet Configurations

  • OmniSupplier® automated dispensing system includes closed, secure cabinets with several drawer, shelving, and specialty storage options.
  • Multiple sizes and configurations offer maximum flexibility: choices include half-cell, one-cell, two-cell, or three-cell cabinet configurations.
  • Omnicell pharmacy drawers can be integrated within OmniSupplier automated dispensing systems, giving nurses the convenience of a single point of access to both supplies and medications.
  • Specialty modules support inventory management for the Cath Lab, Endoscopy, and Special Procedures areas:
    • Catheter Hardware Module
    • Suture Hardware Module
    • Implant Tracking Software Module
  • Optional, limited ability to manage supplies located outside the cabinet via a wireless bar code scanner.

Improved Inventory Management

  • Perpetual inventory management system streamlines workflow and inventory management.
  • Ensures that supplies are available when and where they are needed, preventing delays in patient care.

IT-Friendly Technology

  • G4 cabinet console incorporates the latest technologies from Intel and Microsoft, which improves reliability, security, and responsiveness – and protects return on investment.
  • Universal eBox (electronics) used across the Omnicell product line ensures quick and efficient service.
  • OmniCenter® server available in physical server and virtual server platforms (VMware Ready).  

Options

Specialty Modules Save Time and Space

The specialty modules below can be integrated within the OmniSupplier cabinet to meet the storage needs of special procedure areas. The modules allow healthcare facilities to secure, dispense, and automatically track suture and catheter usage, which helps eliminate stock-outs, streamline restocking procedures, and reduce on-hand inventory to save money.

Omnicell® Catheter Hardware Module

  • Four retractable arms store catheters of varying lengths, with a total capacity of 48 catheters, 12 per arm.
  • Unique “Find Item” feature with guiding lights helps users quickly locate needed catheters in seconds.

Omnicell Suture Hardware Module

  • Each module includes three drawers that hold 24 boxes of sutures of varying sizes.
  • A three-cell Omnicell supply cabinet can be configured with up to 20 modules, enabling storage of 480 suture boxes.
  • Color coding, side loading modules, and a unique "Find Item" feature provide fast access to sutures.
  • Turns the ER and OR into leaner, more organized units, saving staff time in critical life-saving environments.
  • Modular design enables flexible configurations that meet the physical requirements of any clinic.

Omnicell Implant Tracking Software Module

The Implant Tracking Software Module enables users to record the lot and serial numbers of surgical implants at the Omnicell medical supply cabinet via bar code scan. This module creates a convenient way to comply with the FDA requirement to track all surgical implants by lot and serial number in the event of a recall.

Omnicell Medication/Supply Drawer

The Omnicell Medication/Supply Drawer provides width-configurable open bins. Our unique guiding lights feature guides users to the preselected item within the drawer, and each bin has an easy-to-use green reorder button.