Challenges in blister card sorting
Blister cards are fragile and require patient-specific sorting for pharmacy deliveries.
Fragile products
Blister cards are sensitive to damage and require careful handling.
Serialization required
Each blister card must be fully traceable for patient safety.
Pharmacy routes
Sorting to individual pharmacies and patients requires accuracy.
Why a blister card is not a box
A blister card is patient specific. Swap two cards and you do not have a logistics error but a medication incident. Sorting a blister card is therefore a different job from sorting a parcel, even though the movements look alike. Two properties make it difficult. The card is rigid but fragile, so it must not end up in an output where it lands on a corner. And the identification sits on the card itself rather than on an outer box, so scanning has to happen the moment the card enters the machine. The MicroSorter reads the card at the induction station and then places it in a controlled way into the output belonging to that patient, ward or route. The link between card and destination comes from your own pharmacy system.
Rooted in the pharmacy, not in the warehouse
The unit dose card originated in the pharmacy, and so did the experience this machine was designed with. Collo-X is the logistics brand of FarmaSort, which has been supplying systems to hospital pharmacies and community pharmacies across Europe for more than ten years. You can see that in what the machine does by default. Every card is logged individually, sorting follows the layout of your pharmacy system rather than the other way around, and the process can be reconstructed afterwards for an audit. The systems are built and maintained from Wijchen, by the same organisation that supports the existing pharmacy installations.
Specifications
Optimized for blister cards
Benefits of blister card sorting
Why choose the MicroSorter?
Careful handling
Blister cards are handled with care.
Patient-specific
Sort to individual patients or pharmacies.
Up to 1500 cards/hour
Fast processing while maintaining care.
99.99% accuracy
Minimize errors for patient safety.
100% traceability
Full tracking for each blister card.
Pharmacy integration
Seamless integration with pharmacy systems.
Frequently asked questions
Answers about blister card sorting with the MicroSorter