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Medication bottle on the counter of a pharmacy
Medication bottle on the counter of a pharmacy

Medication distribution lockers

Improve the safety, accuracy, and efficiency of medicine distribution in correctional facilities

Medication hatches can become a potential flashpoint in correctional facilities, putting your population, guards and healthcare workers at considerable risk. Having a group of patients in line waiting to receive medications can cause frustrations in loss of recreation time, bullying by other patients, a reduction in medical privacy, and potential misuse or trading of substances.

Traka Medication Distribution Lockers (MDLs) were designed to address these problems, creating a strictly controlled and automated process for disbursing drugs to incarcerated patients, without the bottleneck associated with manual distribution. Patients can collect their medications from an assigned locker compartment at a safe and convenient time, saving time for heathcare and custodial staff, and reducing the stresses people can experience when collecting drugs.

  • Create a safer process for your entire population

  • Secure facility patients in the recreation yardSecure facility patients in the recreation yard

    Patients

    Your population enjoys a faster process with more flexibility, independence and privacy, while experiencing less stress and anxiety in the collection of medications

  • Healthcare worker distributing medicationsHealthcare worker distributing medications

    Heathcare staff

    Traka helps improve accuracy, safety and efficiency for nursing staff, with increased patient compliance and less opportunity for diverting supervised medications at the hatch

  • Correctional officer walking down corridorCorrectional officer walking down corridor

    Custodial staff

    Removing the friction and stress from daily drug disbursement activities creates a safer and more controlled environment for guards, and offers more time to complete other tasks

How it works

Traka Medication Distribution Lockers allow healthcare professionals to load patient-specific drugs into secure locker compartments. At a safe and convenient time, patients can then access the compartment to retrieve their medication. The system provides total administrative control, immediate visibility and a detailed audit trail of all system activity.

  • "Burst all doors" function enables efficient loading of medications by healthcare staff
  • Biometric fingerprint authentication ensures only the right person can access each compartment
  • Administrative features enable strict access control by day and time
  • Staff can be immediately notified of unauthorized access attempts, a locker door being left open, or patients that have not retrieved their medications within a specified time period
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Features

  • Compact and scalable design to meet the physical space challenges of secure environments
  • Can be configured with 12 to 60 compartments of various sizes
  • A fully networked solution allows centralized administration and monitoring
  • Intuitive touchscreen interface for fast and easy transactions
  • Clear compartment identification to simplify distribution and reduce risk
  • Alarm relays can be used to alert staff of unauthorized access attempts, or a door being left open
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Designed in partnership with Unilink to meet the complex needs of secure facilities
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We worked directly with secure facilities to design an effective solution and prevent locker misuse

  • Assigning a randomized compartment for every transaction, and the automatic removal of system access after medication collection prevents the stashing or exchange of contraband using the locker system
  • Audible alarms can be configured to alert inmates and staff of a compartment door being left open following a transaction

Traka is the global leader in intelligent management solutions for keys and equipment. Our solutions help all types of organisations better control their important assets, improving productivity and accountability, and reducing risk in critical processes.

Unilink is a world leader in providing prisoner self-service, offender management, inmate communications, as well as probation and community correction software solutions.

With our 44 years’ combined experience, Traka and Unilink have created several joint solutions for a highly productive and secure operational prison environment, including a locker uniquely designed for secure establishments, biometric key management, and automated staff exits.

Learn how Traka can help

Traka is trusted in secure facilities around the world for managing access to keys, shared devices, weapons, and other sensitive items, while improving safety, security and efficiency. Talk to a Traka expert today to see how we can help your facility improve critical processes.

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