Rowa®

Automated medication storage and dispensing for high- performing hospitals

Rowa® technologies

Rowa Technologies

With 4,500 systems—400 in hospital dispensaries, our Rowa technologies pioneer 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. CareFusion’s Rowa technologies—founded in 1996—are based in Kelberg, Germany, and have

more than 300 employees. Since August 2011, Rowa is a part of CareFusion®

. Our Rowa products help clinicians

improve medication safety and ease the medication management process.

CareFusion—improving the safety and cost of healthcare for generations to come.

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 Rowa ProLog® system and a Rowa 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® system—slimline medicinesmanagement for hospital dispensaries

Hospitals must be able to rely on their systems.

That’s why Rowa systems always offer maximum

reliability.

More than 400 systems constantly operating in

demanding conditions prove the advantages of our

automated stock management.

The Rowa Vmax system 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 technologies clearly streamline medicines

management. Stock intake, recording, storage and

order picking for the wards—all of these previously

manual activities can be done in a fraction of the time

with Rowa technologies, 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.

CareFusion 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.

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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 technologies offer numerous configuration options that increase your level of automation based on your specific dispensary needs.

Rowa ProLog system— stock input at the touch of a button

Ifstockmustbemaintainedwithminimalmanual

movement, the ProLog system offers the optimum

solutionatthetouchofabutton.Itcantherefore

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. The Rowa ProLog

system also processes 2D barcodes and round packs.

Rowa 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.

Rowa Box system— picking from bulk orders

With the Rowa Box system, CareFusion offers a practi-

calsolutionfordeliveringlargerorders(e.g.,forthe

wards). Up to 100 boxes can sit in a buffer. The packs

are picked on an order basis, labels are applied by the

Rowa Label printer 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

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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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