The Pyxis Medication Administration System provides cost efficiencies for hospitals by helping to manage drug costs and track medication usage. It reduces medical errors by monitoring dispensed drugs and ensuring patients receive only the medications ordered for them through individual drawers. While long wait times and medication delays are disadvantages, the Pyxis system overall enhances patient safety through close monitoring of patient profiles and medication records if additional machines are added and overrides are better controlled to ensure timely administration.

1. Pyxis Medication Administration SystemBy Angela L Wright-Lewis

2. Advantages of Pyxis

3. Cost Efficient Helps manage cost of drugsHelps hospital keep track of what is being usedKeeps close monitoring on control substanceRecord of medication adminstration

4. Reduce ErrorsAllowing hospital to monitor what drug was issuedKeeps patient safe by reducing medication errorsPatient to patient individual medication drawers

5. Enhances Patient SafetyAllowing you to only take what is ordered for the patient.Closer monitoring of patients profilePromoting safer patient care.

6. Disadvantage of PyxisLong waiting lines to get medicationMedications not being given in time frame.Easily overriding of control substance.

7. Closing Statements By adding more Pyxis to units, controlling medication over ride system and insuring medication given in timely manner this could be a good system.