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An automated drug dispensing system includes a cabinet adapted to store a variety of prepackaged pharmaceuticals in a plurality of bins for filling patient prescriptions. Each bin stores a particular variety of packaged multiple-dose pharmaceutical. Each variety of pharmaceutical is associated with

An automated drug dispensing system includes a cabinet adapted to store a variety of prepackaged pharmaceuticals in a plurality of bins for filling patient prescriptions. Each bin stores a particular variety of packaged multiple-dose pharmaceutical. Each variety of pharmaceutical is associated with a particular code. A controller receives request signals and in response generates dispense signals. Each bin includes a dispenser coupled to the controller for dispensing the packaged pharmaceuticals therefrom in response to a dispense signal sent from the controller. After a package is dispensed, a code reader determines the code of the dispensed package and verifies whether the code on the dispensed package matches the code of the requested package.

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An automated drug dispensing system includes a cabinet adapted to store a variety of prepackaged pharmaceuticals in a plurality of bins for filling patient prescriptions. Each bin stores a particular variety of packaged multiple-dose pharmaceutical. Each variety of pharmaceutical is associated with

An automated drug dispensing system includes a cabinet adapted to store a variety of prepackaged pharmaceuticals in a plurality of bins for filling patient prescriptions. Each bin stores a particular variety of packaged multiple-dose pharmaceutical. Each variety of pharmaceutical is associated with a particular code. A controller receives request signals and in response generates dispense signals. Each bin includes a dispenser coupled to the controller for dispensing the packaged pharmaceuticals therefrom in response to a dispense signal sent from the controller. After a package is dispensed, a code reader determines the code of the dispensed package and verifies whether the code on the dispensed package matches the code of the requested package. ial flange, a receptacle portion for receiving one of said end edges of said shelf, an upper panel-catch and a lower panel-catch projecting outwardly from a side of said circumferential flange in aligned spaced relation to one another, each of said upper panel-catch and said lower panel-catch (i) having a lock-tab projecting toward an outer surface of said circumferential flange, and (ii) being sized so as to be received within one of said plurality of spaced perforations; and a lock-release latch comprising a cantilevered beam including a lock-release tab positioned at a free end thereof, and adjacent to said lower panel-catch. 2. A shelf and bracket assembly according to claim 1 wherein each of said shelf-brackets includes a first web that is bounded by said circumferential flange and a second web that is bounded by said circumferential flange and a ledge positioned between said first web and said second web thereby separating said second web from said first web and thereby forming said receptacle portion. 3. A shelf and bracket assembly according to claim 1 wherein said upper panel-catch and said lower panel catch project outwardly from an outer surface of said circumferential flange and comprise a substantially hook shape having said lock-tab projecting from a free end thereof. 4. A shelf and bracket assembly according to claim 1 wherein said lock-release latch is disposed adjacent to said lower panel-catch and said substantially circumferential flange comprises a recessed wall that is positioned in spaced relation to said lock-release latch so as to provide a recess within said substantially circumferential flange into which said lock-release latch deflects. 5. A shelf and bracket assembly according to claim 1 wherein said shelf comprises a substantially channel shape including a top support surface, a nose positioned along one longitudinal edge, a panel flange positioned along another longitudinal edge in spaced parallel relation to said nose, and a pair of semi-tubular receptacles supported within said nose and said panel flange. 6. A shelf and bracket assembly according to claim 5 wherein said receptacles comprise an inwardly directed slot and are positioned in spaced relation to the inner surfaces of said nose and said panel flange, and project inwardly, toward one another. 7. A shelf and bracket assembly according to claim 5 wherein a first ledge is formed at a lower extremity of said panel flange and disposed in spaced relation to said top surface and a second ledge is formed at a lower extremity of said nose and is arranged in end-on, confronting relation to said first ledge. 8. A shelf and bracket assembly according to claim 5 further comprising a shelf hook having a shank, a support arm, and a catch including an upper cantilevered latch, a lower cantilevered latch, and a stabilizer tab positioned therebetween wherein said stabilizer tab, said upper cantilevered latch and said lower cantilevered latch project outwardly from an upper portion of said shank so as to engage one of said semi-tubular receptacles. 9. A shelf and bracket assembly according to claim 8 wherein each of said upper cantilevered latch and said lower cantilevered latch includes a ramp surface and a shoulder and has curved profile that is complementary to said semi-tubular receptacles defining opposed inner curved surfaces with said stabilizer tab projecting outwardly from said shank and positioned between said inner curved surfaces. 10. A shelf and bracket assembly according to claim 8 wherein said shelf hook, said upper cantilevered latch and said lower cantilevered latch are disposed within a perforation in said panel. 11. A shelf and bracket assembly comprising: a planar panel having a front surface, a rear surface, and a plurality of perforations; a shelf having two end edges; and two shelf-brackets each including; a substantially circumferential flange, a receptacle portion for receiving one of said end edges of said shelf, a