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Robots Package Medications for Jails
Loaded on May 15, 2006
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2006, page 27
In a 21st Century move designed to both save $1 million per year and improve the accuracy of drug dispensing in county jails, Contra Costa County, California has hired robots to replace pharmacists and nurses in the packaging and dispensing of medications to prisoners in three of its jails.By ...
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