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UCSF is a world leader in pharmaceutical technologies, medication safety and academic medical research. This automated hospital pharmacy was one of the nation’s most comprehensive facility using robotic technology and electronics to prepare and track medications to improve patient safety.
Location:
San Francisco, CA
Architect:
BFHL Architects
General Contractor:
Dome Construction
Client:
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Year:
2010
Project cost:
$4 Million
Size:
15,000 sq ft
Role & Responsibility:
Job Captain
Flexing planning
Due to space constraints and the high cost of phased construction within the hospital setting, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center shifted primary pharmacy functions from the historic Parnassus Heights campus to an of-site, B-occupancy space in their Mission Bay campus.
A consolidation of various pharmacy function such as purchasing, IV preparation, and unit dose led to more efficiency in medication delivery. Automation and robotics played a central role in the new production pharmacy. The project has ISO Class 5 and 7 compounding rooms in accordance with USP 797 Pharmaceutical Compounding - Sterile Preparations.
A peek inside the PillPicker robot.
Fewer errors, better safety
This pharmacy is currently serving UCSF hospitals at Parnassus, Mount Zion, and the new UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay. Since 2012, over 350,000 doses of oral and injectable medications were prepared without error.
Some behind the scend construction photos
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