Methods and apparatus for dispensing items

[Subject] Offer the method and equipment for the distribution of goods which can be suitable for especially the thing for which a medical supply is distributed, can access goods quickly and simple, and can hold the record exact and newest [about the number and type of the goods distributed simultaneously], and stock management. [Solution means] The distribution unit 10 includes two or more goods switches corresponding to two or more places where goods are kept, the processor 33 by which the record corresponding to the goods in a unit is kept, and the place where goods are kept. The goods switch 42 is connected to the processor 33 so that the user of the distribution unit 10 can record the goods taken out from a unit. Equipment is suitable in order to distribute a medical supply, but it can also distribute the goods of other types. A unit has typically the vision indicator 46 which is a photo diode. After the specific selection of goods by a user, a user can define goods easily, and the vision indicator 46 corresponding to goods operates so that it can take out. [Selection figure] Fig. 1