Pack2Patient

The Pack2Patient solution from KNAPP provides automation for central dispensing hubs, enabling them to process single items accurately, efficiently, securely, cost-effectively and with end-to-end traceability.

Medicines are placed on a conveyor belt that feeds the products automatically into the Pack2Patient system. Here, smart cameras scan each item to capture information from 1D and 2D matrix codes, shape/dimensions and several other attributes. KNAPP’s KiSoft Vision image-recognition technology enables comprehensive data to be captured for lot and serial number tracking. The system has been designed to meet all regulatory requirements, including the Falsified Medicines Directive. Pack2Patient automatically prints and applies labels to the articles on the fly as they pass through the system.

After article verification, products are automatically sorted into patient orders via diversion into one of a series of conveyor lanes. Following an order quality check, the items for a particular patient are automatically bagged and labelled for dispatch.

A Pack2Patient solution has been operating successfully at the PHOENIX distribution facility in Runcorn – one of the UK’s largest automated pharmacies – since 2019, providing a hub-and-spoke solution for the assembly of repeat prescriptions.