As the article says, every hospital has these. Without them, I have no idea how we would ever get medications to inpatient floors in a timely fashion. The tube

As the article says, every hospital has these. Without them, I have no idea how we would ever get medications to inpatient floors in a timely fashion. The tubes are also quite "smart"; all products (including blood products) are barcoded and scanned prior to being put into the tubes for routing to the appropriate destination.