2025, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (34): 7362-7368

Development and application of fully automated intelligent intravenous medication dispensing robot ML300 in Pharmacy Intravenous Admixture Services

Wang Guanyuan1, Li Wenli2, Liu Jinglin1, Zhang Jie1   

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Dispensing robots have many advantages such as high accuracy, high efficiency, and ensuring a sterile environment, and are playing an increasingly important role in the medical field.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the development and application of ML300, a fully automated intelligent intravenous medication dispensing robot, in intravenous medication dispensing centers.
METHODS: From June 1 to 30, 2024, 100 prescriptions of Pharmacy Intravenous Admixture Services of Tianjin Medical University Cancer Hospital containing three kinds of drugs: omeprazole sodium for injection, vitamin C injection, and magnesium isoglycyrrhizate were taken. According to the different methods of prescription configuration, they were divided into a control group (n=100) and an experimental group (n=100). The control group used an artificial simulated clinical work mode to prepare the above three drugs, and the operation was completed by several people; the experimental group used the fully automatic intelligent intravenous medication preparation robot ML300 to prepare the above three drugs, and the operation was completed by one person. The two groups were compared in terms of the dispensing efficiency, the amount of drug residue, the pass rate of insoluble particles, and the microbial detection rate in the configuration of the above three drugs.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The dispensing efficiency and pass rate of insoluble particles of the three drugs in the experimental group were higher than those of the control group (P < 0.001), and the drug residue and microbial detection rate were lower than those of the control group (P < 0.001). Taking Omeprazole Sodium for Injection, Vitamin C Injection, and Magnesium Isoglycyrrhizate as examples, ML300 can improve the dispensing efficiency and optimize the dispensing quality of Pharmacy Intravenous Admixture Services staffs.

Key words: ML300, Pharmacy Intravenous Admixture Services, drug dispensing, development, application, engineered materials