Anesthesia-Rx is an automated anesthesia cart that monitors and controls the dispensing of medications, narcotics, and supplies during surgical procedures. It features a touchscreen interface and virtual pockets for quick two-touch medication selection and dispensing. Anesthesia-Rx improves workflow in the operating room, regulatory compliance, and communication between surgical areas and pharmacy. It has customizable configurations, drawer options, and features to meet the needs of any anesthesiology department.

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Key Benefits
• Workflow specifically designed
to match the operating room
• Improves accountability, control
and regulatory compliance
• Provides industry-leading
capacity
• Improves charge capture
• Color or black & white
automated syringe label
printer available for improved
regulatory compliance
Improved Medication and Narcotic Control in the Operating Room
Anesthesia-Rx™ is an automated anesthesia cart that monitors and controls the
dispensing of medications, narcotics and supplies during surgical procedures. The
workflow is specifically designed for surgical areas and ensures that anesthesia
providers have access to the medications and narcotics they need, when they need
them.
Automation Solutions *Standard Anesthesia-Rx model shown with optional accessories.

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Product Specifications Anesthesia-Rx is designed to match the operating room workflow while meeting the
medication management needs of pharmacy.
• 39.7” wide x 29.8” deep
This advanced solution uses a completely touch-screen driven medication dispensing
• 39.8” work surface height* process. The Virtual Pocket™ display technology provides a visual roadmap for users,
eliminating the need to type and search for medications.
• 66.5” height to top of accessory rack*
* Tall version also available providing additional One of the main benefits of Anesthesia-Rx is improved communication between
drawer space. the surgical areas and the pharmacy. All dispensing activities, including wastes
and returns, are transmitted in real time via the Connect-Rx® software platform.
Other McKesson products, such as AcuDose-Rx® medication dispensing cabinets,
run on Connect-Rx®, providing you with the same formulary, filling, and inventory
Automation Decision Support management capabilities.
The optional Automation Decision Workflow
Support solution is an analytics tool
Anesthesia-Rx workflow is specifically designed for rapid medication selection and
designed to help administrators improve
dispensing before and during surgical procedures. With only two touches, anesthesia
productivity and performance. This
tool combines and organizes data from providers have quick access the their medications and narcotics.
Anesthesia-Rx and other McKesson
automation solutions into visually rich To quickly and safely dispense medications and narcotics, anesthesia providers:
dashboards with the capability to drill
down to different levels of detail. • Securely log on with a user name and password
• Unlock the cart (the cart will not lock at any time during the case)
Automation Decision Support enables • Select a patient
you to look at different dispensing • Open the appropriate drawer
patterns from Anesthesia-Rx to identify • Touch the medication name on the screen
potential drug diversion issues. To
• Remove the medication from the pocket
improve inventory management,
• Touch the screen to confirm quantity dispensed
Automation Decision Support provides
an overview of medication usage,
including waste transactions and
restocked medications. Anesthesia-Rx Two-Touch Dispensing System
Remove the medication
TOUCH 1: Select the medication. from the pocket. TOUCH 2: Confirm quantity dispensed.

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Anesthesia-Rx Features
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Anesthesia-Rx has industry-leading
features and options available to meet
the unique dispensing needs of any
anesthesiology department, including:
• Two-touch dispensing
• Virtual Pocket™ technology 2
• Greatest capacity with standard and
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tall models available 8
• Customizable cart configuration
• Widest range of drawer and pocket
options
• 19” touch-screen monitor
• Color or black & white automated
syringe label printer (option)
• Bar-code scanner (option)
• Locking feature to ensure cart does
not lock during a case
• Open cart alert to warn when cart is
left unlocked
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The standard cart is equipped with:
1. One top shelf on a rack 10
2. 19” touch-screen monitor
3. Three rows of tilt bin storage
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4. A gooseneck LED lamp for work-surface illumination
5. One locking high capacity drawer
6. Drawer tag holders
7. Pocket labels
8. Ladder clips (to mount accessories)
9. Locking caster
10. Integral uninterruptible power supply (UPS)

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Anesthesia-Rx Drawer Options
Anesthesia-Rx can be configured with High Capacity Drawers Open Matrix Drawers
a variety of drawers to fit your unique The standard Anesthesia-Rx cart is There are three sizes of Open Matrix
dispensing needs. There are two drawer equipped with one High Capacity Drawers available, and each drawer
types available—High Capacity Drawers Drawer with locking pockets, but it can comes with horizontal pocket dividers,
with locked pockets and Open Matrix be configured with up to four of these allowing you to make the pockets the
Drawers. drawers. Additionally, the pockets within size you need. Additional dividers can
the drawers are configurable by row. also be ordered. The smallest pocket
The maximum number of pockets that fit size is 3.25” W x 2.75” L and can
in one drawer is 20. The locked pocket be increased in increments of those
types include: dimensions.
All rows: Single wide, single length Standard Height Open Matrix Drawer:
pockets: 3” H x 17.5” L x 21.5 W
3.2” W x 2.35” L x 1.65” H
Front row: Single wide, double length Double Height Open Matrix Drawer:
pockets: 6.25” H x 17.5” L x 21.5 W
3.2” W x 6.05” L x 1.65” H
Back row: Double wide, double length
pockets:
6.65” W x 6.05”L x 1.65” H
Triple Height Open Matrix Drawer:
10” H x 17.5” L x 21.5 W
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