not only in filling the individual patient's drugs, but also in administering the drugs to the patient.
Mobach investigated in a Dutch pharmacy the extent to which time saved from logistic work is used for giving more pharmaceutical advice. During 2004 and 2005 he studied a Dutch pharmacy before and after introduction of a robotic dispensing machine. The acquisition costs were amortised after three years. He demonstrated a displacement of logistic work in favour of pharmaceutical duties, resulting overall in an increase in drug safety