The Virginia Society of Health-System Pharmacists appreciates the considerations by the Board's  adoption of the amendments for the regulations concerning medication carousel technology. Thus, we support the current amendments.

We still would like to share that the language regarding the scanning of each individual unit dose is an option that health-systems will least likely to adopt in terms of technology limitations and efficiencies.

Again, we sincerely appreciate the Board providing the opportunity for our organization to share our considerations for best practices for medication carousel technology while upholding patient safety.