Automated medication storage and dispensing for high- performing hospitals

Rowa Vmax®

A Pyxis® Technology

Rowa Technologies

With 4,000 systems—400 in hospital dispensaries, Rowa Technologies pioneers the European market for automated

stock handling in hospital pharmacies. Our core expertise is improving the storage and stock flows in the dispensary.

Our product portfolio encompasses automated storage systems and accessories, such as fully automated inputting

systems. Rowa Automatisierungssysteme GmbH, with headquarters in Kelberg, Germany, was founded in 1996 and

has more than 300 employees. We integrated with CareFusion in August 2011. As part of Pyxis® technologies, Rowa

products help clinicians improve medication safety and ease the medication management process.

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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Rowa Automatisierungssysteme GmbH

Rowastraße

D-53539 Kelberg

Germany

+49 2692-9206 0 tel

+49 2692-9206 1299 fax

CareFusionInternationalHeadquarters

A-One Business Centre

Zone d’activitiés Vers-la-Pièce no 10

CH-1180 Rolle

Switzerland

+41 21 556 30 00 tel

+41 21 556 30 99 fax