[e-drug] Tablet/capsule counting machines?

[did.jms@imul.com]

E-drug: Tablet/capsule counting machines?
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Dear Colleagues,

Counting money in the Banking Sector is now easier than counting tabs/caps 
in the pharmaceutical sector. Community pharmacists here find alot of 
trouble counting tablets/caps during stock taking in their retail 
pharmacies.

Does anything like "Tablet/Capsule Counting Machine exist", which community 
pharmacists can use in their retail facilities -- especially for stock 
taking?

regards,

George Kibumba, MPS
Drug Information Pharmacist
Joint Medical Store,
P.O.BOX 4501, KAMPALA, Uganda(E.A)
Official address: did.jms@imul.com
Personal address: kibumba@yahoo.com
Mobile: 071 81 54 28
Tel:    256-41-268482
fax:    256-41-267298

[I think in Botswana we used to estimate content when doing stocktaking, 
but that is not so easy from boxes of 1000. We did not have so many such 
boxes though, because we found them not suitable for our small health 
facilities. I never came across any such counting device for pills except 
the huge dose packaging machines. KM, moderator]


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