Lake Forest, IL (Oct. 14, 2011) - Kirby Lester, LLC, the world's leading pharmacy automation provider, announced its latest innovation: the Kirby Lester "60/30 Combination". By merging the power of the KL60 dispensing robot with the versatility of the KL30 counting & verification system, the 60/30 Combination allows pharmacies to automate their top 90 medications (representing up to 50% of total orders) and verify the accuracy of 100% of their prescription orders.

With the 60/30 Combination, Kirby Lester offers the perfect solution for pharmacies that want to automate their top 90 or more medications, but don't want the expense or complication of an oversized robot. The 60/30 Combination is also ideal for pharmacies that want to bolster their medication dispensing safety. With the networked KL60 and KL30 operating seamlessly together, pharmacy staff members use barcode verification, onscreen drug images and biometric scanning for every order. This includes all unit-of-use medications, ointments, opthalmics and pre-packaged items.

"The 60/30 Combination is a natural combination," says Garry Zage, R.Ph., Kirby Lester's President and CEO. "No other automation supplier can pair up such well-matched dispensing systems. The two technologies in the 60/30 Combination are truly seamless in how they transfer orders through the pharmacy. And with the KL30, all oral solids are double-counted to ensure accuracy."

In just 9 square feet of floor space for the KL60 and two square feet of countertop space for the KL30, the 60/30 Combination fully automates 90 (or more) of the pharmacy's most frequently dispensed medications in always-accurate cassettes. That can mean up to 50% of a pharmacy's total orders. The remaining orders are processed with the KL30, whose software ensures the right patient gets the right medication and dosage.

The 60/30 Combination includes:

• Networked and interfaced KL60 compact robot and KL30 dispensing & verification system
• Full interfacing to the pharmacy management system for immediate prescription transmissions
• KL60: automates 60 medications via cassettes; KL30: automates 30 (or more) medications via cassettes
• Workflow software that streamlines the dispensing process
• Inventory management tools
• Onscreen drug images
• Simple training and operation

About Kirby Lester
Kirby Lester is by far the world's leading pharmacy automation provider. Established in 1971, Kirby Lester maintains the largest market share of automatic tablet/capsule counter sales in the United States, plus 40 other countries. More Kirby Lester counters are used to dispense prescriptions in retail, mail order, hospital and long-term care pharmacies and manufacturing facilities than all other automated dispensing systems combined; over 40,000 pharmacies worldwide rely on Kirby Lester for their counting needs...exactly! For more information, contact Kirby Lester at 847.984.3377 or www.kirbylester.com.