Abbreviations used in included studies to describe the automated unit dose dispensing systems
| Abbreviation | Description of the system | Reference |
| UDDS Unit dose dispensing system | Individually packaged and labelled, anonymous unit doses assembled into patient specific co-packs using unit dose dispensing robot, based on physician orders | Cousein et al 17 |
| AMS Automated medication system | Individually packaged and labelled, anonymous unit doses produced by unit dose dispensing robot, assembled patient specifically in an AMS subtype-dependent manner | Risør et al
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Risør et al 19 Risør et al 23 Risør et al 24 Lappalainen et al 22 |
| psAMS Patient specific automated medication system | Individually packaged and labelled, anonymous unit doses assembled into patient specific co-packs using unit dose dispensing robot, based on physician orders | Risør et al 24 |
| cAMS Complex automated medication system | Individually packaged and labelled, anonymous unit doses produced by unit dose dispensing robot and delivered into automated dispensing cabinets of the wards, assembled patient specifically from the cabinets | Risør et al
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Risør et al 24 |
| npsAMS Non-patient specific automated medication system | Individually packaged and labelled, anonymous unit doses produced by unit dose dispensing robot and delivered into manual ward stocks, assembled patient specifically from the manual stocks | Risør et al
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Risør et al 24 |
No English abbreviations were used in the French literature.20 21