Capcut / Sharifah Shafinaz Sh Abdullah ... [et al.]

Capcut refers to a medicine cutter at the cap of the medication bottle. The Capcut has been designed to split a medication in tablet or pills as easily as possible and without needing another device because this cutter is placed in the cap of the medication bottle. For example, if the pill cutter is missing or used by another person, the nurse must use a sharp object to cut the medicine such as a knife. This action can lead to injury. In order to avoid this accident from happening, we get inspired to upgrade the pill cutter into Capcut, which is the cutter attached at the cap of the medication bottle. Basically, at the hospital the nurse will use a device called a pill-cutter to cut the tablet or pills to provide a lower dose to the patient as prescribed by the doctor. The pill cutter will be placed on a flat surface. A medication which is pill or tablet will be put between the guides. Then, the nurses will bring the bladed section fully down to divide the medication. The fingers should be kept away from the blade all the time as a precaution. The pill-cutter consists of a V-shaped pill positioner, blade at the right of center and usually a compartment in which to store the unused part. Usually, nurses and people can buy the pill cutter at the pharmacy. Outpatients that have to consume a lower dose of the medicine or have to crush the pill will buy this pill cutter at the pharmacy because the hospital did not provide the cutter to the patient. So, the
Capcut is very important to the nurses and outpatients to cut the pill appropriately without using another device.