A medication-dispensing unit is provided for tracking medical products
having a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag uniquely associated
therewith. The dispensing unit includes compartments for receiving
medical products therein, and readers for reading the RFID tags
associated with the medical products in the compartments. A processor is
coupled to the readers for receiving and processing readings of the RFID
tags in the compartment to identify the medical products in the
compartments. The processor may identify a medical product removed from a
compartment by determining a difference between readings of the RFID tags
in the compartment taken before and after the medical product is removed
from the compartment. The processor may verify that the medical product
removed from the compartment is authorized to be removed or confirm that
an identified patient is intended to receive the medical product being
removed from the compartment.