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Dispensing Medication
Missed Doses
The Philips Medication Dispenser will announce a reminder message of “Time to take
your medicine” once a minute for 45 minutes or until someone presses the button.
After 90 minutes with no response, the dispenser will automatically contact a caregiver
(if one has been provided). For more information about caregiver alerts, please refer to
page 47.
If there is no response after 90 minutes, the Philips Medication Dispenser will consider
the dose missed. The medication cup will be dispensed to the missed dose storage bin,
the voice messages will stop and “System OK” will start blinking on the display.
NOTE: The Philips Medication Dispenser will stop operating if four doses are missed
and the missed dose status is not cleared. Please see page 25 for instructions on
removing missed dose cups and clearing the missed dose status.
Early Dose
The “Early Dose” feature is useful when the patient will be away for a short period of
time. With “Early Dose,” medication cups are dispensed ahead of schedule. The patient
can take the medication cups with him or her so medications will not be missed.
“System OK” will blink if there is a
missed dose that is not acknowledged.
The medication cup will be sent to the
missed dose storage bin.
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