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Hand held electronic apparatus for supervising and controlling operations requiring a worker to travel to multiple sites, correctly identify subjects or objects, and treat each one according to special instructions on the basis of that identification. The apparatus disclosed provides machine reading

Hand held electronic apparatus for supervising and controlling operations requiring a worker to travel to multiple sites, correctly identify subjects or objects, and treat each one according to special instructions on the basis of that identification. The apparatus disclosed provides machine reading means to ensure positive identification, audible and visible displays, internal data storage and processing and means for communication with a central computer system. Applications are described for control of a parcel delivery service and supervision of a hospital medication program and a patient blood sample identification system for a hospital laboratory service.

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Portable apparatus for controlling, supervising, and recording operations by an operator which require, 1. operator travel to multiple sites remote from personal supervision, 2. correct operator identification at said sites of unique elements, bearing machine readable identifying codes, from the gro

Portable apparatus for controlling, supervising, and recording operations by an operator which require, 1. operator travel to multiple sites remote from personal supervision, 2. correct operator identification at said sites of unique elements, bearing machine readable identifying codes, from the group including items on lists, persons, sites, packages, pharmaceutical containers and the like, and 3. correct treatment of said elements by said operator at said sites on the basis of said identifications, comprising: a. reading means for reading said machine readable identifying code data; b. input/output means for communicating data with external data processing and storage means; c. manual input means and output means for communicating with said operator; d. data storage means interconnected to means (a), (b) and (c) for storing data transmitted therethrough. e. data processing means interconnected to said data storage means to ascertain by data processes operant upon said stored data that a particular one of said identified elements at said remote site has been correctly associated with at least one other of said identified elements as required for said correct treatment; f. signal means connected to said data processing means to signal to said operator by a first signal when said data processing means has ascertained that a correct association of said elements has been made, and to signal by a second, different signal when an incorrect association has been made, said storage means storing data from said external data processing and storage means relating codes of elements which must be associated for said correct treatment, and said elements which must be associated for said correct treatment bearing identifying codes which are not identical to prevent said operator from defeating the system integrity by reading one of said identifying codes twice.