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Kirby Lester KL108

Kirby Lester KL108

Kirby Lester KL108

Product catalog summary
General Specifications
The Kirby Lester KL108 is an automated pharmacy system designed for verifying, labeling, counting, and presenting prescriptions for tablets and capsules. It includes 108 universal cassettes, each with a 650cc capacity, capable of holding up to 1,200 ibuprofen tablets. The system features a 15” color LCD touchscreen and operates on MS Windows 10 IoT, requiring a dedicated 115V power outlet and a fast-feed thermal label printer.
Functionality and Efficiency
The KL108 automates over 50% of daily prescriptions, focusing on high-demand medications. It utilizes cassette technology that auto-calibrates for new medications, minimizing human error. The FillSafe™ Security System prevents unauthorized access and misfills.
Security and Compliance
ISO 27001:2013 certified, the KL108 ensures data encryption and HIPAA compliance. It includes multiple locks, access permissions, and user tracking for secure dispensing of controlled medications. The FillSafe™ system restricts medication refills and returns to authorized personnel only.
Software and User Interface
The intuitive software allows pharmacy staff to perform tasks efficiently, featuring script retrieval, imaging-based calibration, and color-coded cassette status. It provides alerts and directions for issue resolution while maintaining data integrity with ISO certification.
Maintenance and Operation
Daily cleaning is recommended, taking about one minute. The system operates quietly at 40.9 dB in standby and 62.6 dB during operation. It supports various vial sizes and types, with fast random load replenishment.
Consultative Approach
Capsa Healthcare offers a consultative approach, customizing KL108 implementation to align with the pharmacy's long-term goals, including ROI analysis and workflow and security customization.
Overview of Kirby Lester KL108
The KL108 is an advanced pharmacy automation system with a camera for pill dimension measurement, ensuring accuracy for new medications. It includes 108 universal cassettes and a FillSafe™ Security System to prevent unauthorized access.
Specifications
- Dimensions: 29.75”W x 67.5”D x 78.25”H; Approx. 1,400 lbs.
- Power: 115V, 60Hz, 15A outlet, up to 300w/hr.
- Operating System: MS Windows 10 IoT.
- Touch Screen: 15” color LCD.
- Printer: Direct thermal labels, customizable design.
Software Highlights
The intuitive software allows quick task performance, featuring script retrieval, status tracking, and imaging-based calibration. ISO 27001:2013 certification ensures data integrity and compliance with cybersecurity and HIPAA standards.
Security and Inventory Management
The KL108 employs a 2-tier security system, allowing only authorized users to access cassettes. It features color-coded cassette status for easy inventory tracking and multi-level protection with FillSafe™ to prevent errors during cassette filling.
Efficiency and Automation
The KL108 manages over 50% of daily prescriptions, reducing slow-moving inventory risks. It offers tighter inventory management and control over shrinkage and diversion. The cassette technology allows automatic calibration and easy medication changes without additional cassettes.
Additional Features
- Low operating volume: 40.9 dB at standby, 62.6 dB max.
- Vial compatibility: Supports various vial styles and sizes.
- Maintenance: Recommended once-a-day cleaning.
Overall, the Kirby Lester KL108 by Capsa Healthcare is a comprehensive solution for pharmacy automation, enhancing efficiency, security, and accuracy in medication management.
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Kirby Lester KL108-1

The Right Amount Of Automation Function: Automatically verifies, labels, counts, and presents completed prescriptions for tablets/capsules. Pharmacy Management System Interface: Available for most common platforms. Dimensions: 29.75”W x 67.5”D x 78.25”H; Approx. 1,400 lbs. installed. Reports: Offers over 20 standard reports that are customizable for your pharmacy's needs. Cassettes: 108 universal cassettes, 6½W”x 8”D x 4 3/8”H, capacity 650cc, calibrated on device. Approx. maximum capacity 1,200 ibuprofen 200mg (round/ brown). Prescription Archive: Retrieve any past dispensed prescription on-screen and via printable report, up to 10 years. Highly Efficient Rx Filling General Specifications • 50% (or more) of total daily prescriptions handled by the KL108 from 108 cassettes. Automation by Capsa Healthcare • No “slow movers” that expire before dispensing. • Maintain a higher level of control over shrinkage and diversion. • Tighter inventory management. • Less than 6’ deep. Cassette Replenishment: FillSafe™ Security System prevents unauthorized filling, depleting or switching medications in any cassette; customizable for each pharmacy’s workflow and security needs. Revolutionary Cassette Technology Capsule Dimensions: Length minimum 5 mm, maximum 26 mm; Width minimum 5 mm, maximum 15 mm. Tablet Dimensions: Diameter/width minimum 5 mm, maximum 15 mm; Height minimum 2 mm, maximum 10mm. The KL108 uses technology to calibrate cassettes instead of human adjustment. The medication database contains precise measurements for common NDCs, and your cassette will auto-calibrate. However, on occasion you will want to automate a new tablet or capsule that is not yet in the database (e.g., new generic). The KL108 handles measurement and storage of the new pill dimensions. Touch Screen: 15” color LCD. Operating System: MS Windows 10 IoT. 1. Cassettes can only be removed by an authorized user. Ideal for scheduled and high-value medications, and inventory control. 2. Open the KL108 Camera Chamber and insert the new pill. Digital image processing technology calculates detailed measurements of the new pill. The dimensions will be saved. 3. With any cassette being recalibrated in the Cassette Station, the KL108 automatically adjusts the cassette for that pill size; the cassette stays calibrated, no future adjustment is needed. Change medications at any time – no need to order additional cassettes. 4. Cassettes can only be opened for replenishment or return-to-stock while docked in the Cassette Station and by an authorized user. FillSafe™ prevents accidental mis-fills and unauthorized access. Power: Requires a dedicated standard 115V, 60Hz, 15A power outlet. Normal operation draws up to 300w/hr, not to exceed 500w. Printer: Fast-feed, direct thermal labels, 4” x 2”. 1,200 labels per roll, flexible design customizable for each pharmacy, 2” core on supply and pick-up (6” label available). Low Operating Volume: 40.9 dB at stand-by; 62.6 dB (max) while operating. Vial Size: Small (either 13, 16 or 20 dram), and large (40 dram). Available with both vial bins set for 40 dram. Vial Replenishment: Fast random load, no handloading needed. Vial Types: Accommodates 6 vial styles • Berry (Kerr) Friendly & Safe 13, 16 or 20 dram; and 40 dram • Berry (Kerr) Perfect Pak 12, 16 or 20 dram; and 40 dram • Centor (Rexam) 1-Clic 13, 16 or 20 dram; and 40 dram • Centor (Rexam) Screw-Loc 13 or 16 dram; and 40 dram • Altium (Tri State) Pro One 13 or 16 dram; and 40 dram • Altium (Tri State) Pro Tect 13, 16 or 20 dram; and 40 dram Maintenance: Once-a-day cleaning recommended (approximately 1 minute) ISO 27001:2013 certified for data encryption and HIPAA compliance. Kirby Lester automation Count + Verify 100% Of Orders While the KL108 robot manages the most common medications, a Kirby Lester tabletop KL1 or KL1Plus is used to fill the balance of prescriptions. No prescriptions are left to chance or human error. KL1 (left) simple, fast and accurate tablet counter. KL1Plus (right) scan, verify & count, plus C-II log and inventory management software. Prevent wrong medication, strength, or quantity, and keep a record of all transactions. Automation by Capsa Healthcare Kirby Lester is pharmacy automation by Capsa Healthcare, a comprehensive solutions leader in medication management, healthcare IT and pharmacy technology. Capsa’s diverse products are deployed globally in all types of pharmacy: retail, long-term care, hospital inpatient and outpatient, central fill and mail order. Automation by Capsa Healthcare Kirby Lester KL108 Secure Robot

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Kirby Lester KL108-2

Kirby Lester KL108 Secure Robotic Dispenser Protection plus flexibility. That’s precisely what our engineers built into the Kirby Lester KL108 Secure Robotic Dispenser. The KL108 offers breakthrough robotic innovations. The system efficiently automates your pharmacy’s most common tablets and capsules via newly designed universal cassettes that require no technician calibration. Thus, there is virtually no chance for human error when changing the medication in the cassette. The KL108 brings peace of mind on many levels: Freedom from error, from tedious recalibration, from expensive maintenance,...

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Kirby Lester KL108-3

Kirby Lester KL108 Secure Robotic Dispenser Protection plus flexibility. That’s precisely what our engineers built into the Kirby Lester KL108 Secure Robotic Dispenser. The KL108 offers breakthrough robotic innovations. The system efficiently automates your pharmacy’s most common tablets and capsules via newly designed universal cassettes that require no technician calibration. Thus, there is virtually no chance for human error when changing the medication in the cassette. The KL108 brings peace of mind on many levels: Freedom from error, from tedious recalibration, from expensive maintenance,...

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Kirby Lester KL108-4

Kirby Lester KL108 Secure Robotic Dispenser Protection plus flexibility. That’s precisely what our engineers built into the Kirby Lester KL108 Secure Robotic Dispenser. The KL108 offers breakthrough robotic innovations. The system efficiently automates your pharmacy’s most common tablets and capsules via newly designed universal cassettes that require no technician calibration. Thus, there is virtually no chance for human error when changing the medication in the cassette. The KL108 brings peace of mind on many levels: Freedom from error, from tedious recalibration, from expensive maintenance,...

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