In a hand-held capper/decapper device, cap drivers in an array are driven by an array of rotary motors that drive the cap drivers in forward and reverse rotary directions to cap and decap caps from threaded receptacles. A common linear drive drives ejector pins through the centers of cap drivers to eject caps from the cap drivers. Single button operation is enabled by a controller that responds to press and release of a control button to alternate between decap and cap functions. The cap function finishes with ejection by extension of an ejector pin. An ejector button may also be provided for ejection without rotation of cap drivers. The cap drivers float against compression springs that apply axial force to the cap drivers. Ejection of the caps is staggered to reduce force required. Replaceable cap drivers designed to corresponded to cap designs are supported in a removable cartridge that is retained on a hand-held housing by magnets.

A screw-lid removal and attachment device for removal and attachment of screw-lids includes a housing that is tubular. The housing has an annular wall that is deformable and extends downwardly from a top, defining a bottom that is open. The bottom, which defines a cavity positioned in the housing, is substantially complementary to a lid to be removed or attached to a container. A grip is coupled to an exterior of the annular wall. A catch is coupled to an interior of the annular wall. The cavity is configured for insertion of a lid. The grip is configured to be grasped by the user to collapse the annular wall, such that the catch engages the lid. The grip is configured to allow the user to impart a counter-clockwise force to the housing for removal of the lid or a clockwise force to attach the lid.

A semi-automated system (100) suitable for use in a hospital setting for filling patient-specific liquid medication prescriptions from bulk medicine containers (104) into oral/enteral syringes (S) for administration on a just-in-time basis. The system enables hospital pharmacists to simplify and streamline their task, increasing the number of prescriptions that can be filled in a day, improving patient safety and care by minimizing medication errors and the consequences that ensue.