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A system for monitoring and dispensing medical items includes a plurality of hook registers (10). Each of the hook registers includes sensors (48, 60, 62, 64) sensing the removal or addition of a medical item to the storage location on the hook register. Each hook register has a microprocessor (66)

A system for monitoring and dispensing medical items includes a plurality of hook registers (10). Each of the hook registers includes sensors (48, 60, 62, 64) sensing the removal or addition of a medical item to the storage location on the hook register. Each hook register has a microprocessor (66) connected to the sensor which stores a count of the items added or removed from the location. The microprocessor also includes location identifying information specifically associated with the particular hook register. The microprocessor is periodically polled by a controller (72) which reads and stores the count and location identifying information from each of the hook registers. The controller information is periodically read by a data terminal (76) which is connected through a local area network (82) to a remote computer (84) having a processor and data store. A user of the data terminal is enabled to specify a patient for whom medical items will be used when the items are removed from the hook registers or other storage locations. In addition, the system also monitors inventories of items and levels of usage by users. The system also monitors and controls the dispense of other medical items from box registers (110) as well as controls the dispense of items from secure storage locations such as electronic lock drawers (96) and medicine dispensers (100).

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1. A system comprising:a medical item dispenser, wherein the dispenser selectively dispenses a plurality of medical item types from a plurality of storage locations in the dispenser; a user interface, wherein a user is enabled to put user identifying data and a dispense instruction through the user

1. A system comprising:a medical item dispenser, wherein the dispenser selectively dispenses a plurality of medical item types from a plurality of storage locations in the dispenser; a user interface, wherein a user is enabled to put user identifying data and a dispense instruction through the user interface; at least one processor in operative connection with at least one data store, and wherein the at least one processor is in operative connection with the dispenser and the user interface; wherein the at least one data store includes data representative of a plurality of authorized users and the plurality of medical item types; and wherein responsive to the input user identification data corresponding to an authorized user and the input of at least one dispense instruction corresponding to a medical item type, the at least one processor is operative to cause the medical item type to be dispensed from the dispenser and to cause to be stored in the at least one data store, data representative of the medical item type having been dispensed to the authorized user.