The prescription for Pharmacy storage Problems
Pharmacies face unique storage challenges. Unique challenges require unique solutions.
Break Out/Receiving
Shipments from drug companies are unpacked in the Break Out/Receiving area. Modular Casework cabinets, shelving units, and workstations allow staff and incoming inventory to become and remain organized.
Staff Lounge
The Staff Lounge is a great place to take a break. It’s also a great place to store and secure your personal stuff in laminate or steel lockers, or in smart lockers for enhanced security and convenience.
Narcotics
The Narcotics area is where all controlled substances are stored. Lockable cabinets and drawers are critical to ensuring these substances stay out of the wrong hands.
Checking
Pharmacists check medication orders before they are sent out in the Checking area. Standing height workstations provide ergonomic and organizational benefits and help ensure that the right medication gets to the right patient.
IV Storage
IV Fluids are kept in the IV Storage area. Wire baskets on high-density mobile or FrameWRX shelving help keep those IVs organized and accessible.
Chemo/Compounding
The mixing process for topicals, ointments, creams, and other liquids takes place in the Chemo/Compounding area. This process can be tough on furniture finishes. Modular Casework with phenolic resin tops stands up to these materials and harsh cleaning fluids.
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Bulk Storage
General and overflow storage happens in the Bulk Storage area. Depending on access and space constraints, high-density mobile shelving or static shelving will do the trick for storing excess boxes and packaged medication.
Pharmacy Work stations
From the Pharmacy work area, it is important for the pharmacist to be able to see the entire pharmacy. Seated modular casework workstations and demountable walls allow a clean line of sight throughout the space.
Unit Dose/Active Store
There are several ways to approach storage in the Unit Dose/Active Store/ Filling area. Vertical Carousels provide secure storage with quick access. Powered high-density mobile storage with storefront shelving is a great use of space while keeping the most frequently used items close at hand. Modular Casework workstations with half-height medication drawers provide an efficient place to get the job done.
Ante Room/Sterile Area
Inside Ante Rooms and Sterile areas, contamination must be kept at bay. Count on FrameWRX shelving and wire baskets to keep IVs easy to stock, visible, clean, and organized.
Pack Area
Bulk medications are packed into unit doses in the Pack Area, a job that is often performed by a robot. To assist in this process and to store packaging materials, FrameWRX shelves with EZ Rails and pegs are a good choice.
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With the nearest retail pharmacy over 30 minutes away, this North Carolina community needed a convenient, local solution. Working in concert, the client, architect, and Patterson Pope reclaimed a rustically designed house and refitted it for the task at hand. While not many pharmacies can claim to boast a fireplace or stone façade, both are fine features of this new, unique location. Pharmacists and clientele are now both reaping the benefits of medical expertise and imaginative design.
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Take a look at some pharmacy storage installations that utilize Hamilton Sorter laminate casework lower cabinets mixed with Spacesaver FrameWRX shelving cantilevered above the cabinets. FrameWRX offers flexibility and maximization of storage space and provides lots of options for pharmacy storage. The Hamilton Sorter product includes slanted vial drawers along with closed and open cabinets. Both systems are completely modular and can be moved and reconfigured if needed.
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The best pharmacy shelving systems improve access, streamline organization, save space, simplify inventory, and provide security for sensitive materials like narcotics. These systems aren’t just about storing medications, they’re about optimizing your pharmacy’s workflow, enabling efficient order filing, providing accurate inventory tracking, and creating more time for patient care.
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Automation in the pharmacy can range from electronic pill counters and dispensers to robotics and voice recognition software. ut, just line in every other environment, technology is constantly evolving. So how do you prepare for this type of change, when you don’t know what is coming? You create a FLEXIBLE workspace. From the very early stages of the process, you can design flexibility into your pharmacy. And one of the easiest ways to do this is by investing in modular casework.
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We provide hospital storage solutions that maximize the space used for storing stuff, condensing the space to a smaller footprint and making it easier for staff to find what they need. We understand what you’re storing and how to best store it for decreased retrieval times and increased PAR levels.
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What’s the best type of storage for hospitals, clinics, and medical offices? It’s simple - storage solutions that help create the best outcome for the patient. Whether it’s operating rooms, procedure rooms, exam rooms, pharmacies, labs, materials management, facilities management, or any space in-between, we can design storage systems that empower caregivers to deliver superior patient care.
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Each pharmacy storage challenge we solve is unique.
Space management and storage challenges continue to keep healthcare professionals from doing what they want to do most - spend their time treating patients. We have the right prescription for your stuff storage problems. With specialized pharmacy storage solutions, patient care items can be on hand to provide quick, easy access to critical supplies and materials - right at the point of need.
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