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The system for monitoring and dispensing medical items which are dispensed for administration to patients includes a data terminal (76) which is connected through a local area network (82) to at least one remote computer (84) having a processor and a data store. A user of the data terminal is enable

The system for monitoring and dispensing medical items which are dispensed for administration to patients includes a data terminal (76) which is connected through a local area network (82) to at least one remote computer (84) having a processor and a data store. A user of the data terminal is enabled to select a patient for whom medical items will be used, and responsive to a request to dispense items the requested items are dispensed from dispensing devices (96, 100) connected to the data terminal. The data store also includes brand name and generic name information concerning medical items that are dispensed. Through selection of an input button (252) included in a plurality of windows (256, 264, 286) a user is enabled to selectively display medical items by either brand or generic name and to dispense the items for a patient in accordance with either of said names.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A system for dispensing medical items comprising:a dispenser, wherein said dispenser is selectively operable to dispense medical items;a user terminal, wherein said user terminal includes a display and an input device, wherein said dispenser is operative to dispense medical items r

[ We claim:] [1.] A system for dispensing medical items comprising:a dispenser, wherein said dispenser is selectively operable to dispense medical items;a user terminal, wherein said user terminal includes a display and an input device, wherein said dispenser is operative to dispense medical items responsive to said input device;a data store in operative connection with said user terminal, wherein said data store includes data representative of a brand name and a generic name corresponding to a medical item dispensable from said dispenser, and wherein said display of said user terminal is operative to display said brand name and said generic name for said medical item.