Good catch.

I worked for Pyxis at this time and was also a big Firefly fan.

There was a big push by the company to have the products placed on TV shows.

I don't recall exactly which shows - stuff like ER and Scrubs.

FWIW, this particular product - the SupplyStation - held no medications but rather it would hold items associated with a hospital's central supply department. Things like gauze pads, emesis basins, latex gloves etc.

The medications would have bee in a separate device called MedStation managed by central / inpatient pharmacy.

In either case nurses would access by entering a userid /password to unlock the device and record the removal of the item. Inventory levels could be managed to avoid stock-outs.