Table 1 Distribution of Clinical Staff Time by Activity Group
From: Operational characteristics of antiretroviral therapy clinics in Zambia: a time and motion analysis
Key Clinical Activity Groups | Counselors | Clinical Officers | Nurses | Pharmacy Tech | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 53 | n = 10 | n = 31 | n = 10 | |||||
Time per Patient in minutes | Percent Daily Time | Time per Patient in minutes | Percent Daily Time | Time per Patient in minutes | Percent Daily Time | Time per Patient in minutes | Percent Daily Time | |
(IQR) | (IQR) | (IQR) | (IQR) | |||||
Triage | 2 (2–4) | 11% | – | – | 3 (2–4) | 31% | – | – |
Counseling | 4 (2–7) | 32% | – | – | 3 (1.5–4) | 0.3% | – | – |
Clinical Visit | 6 (1–11) | 0.2% | 3 (2–5) | 79% | 5 (3–7) | 14% | – | – |
Pharmacy | 3 (2–4) | 3% | 3.5 (2–5) | 1% | 1 (1–2) | 1% | 2 (1–2) | 54% |
Lab | – | – | – | – | 4 (3–5) | 9% | – | – |
Administrativea | 5.8 | 34% | 0.1 | 2% | 4 | 18% | 3 | 23% |
Othera | 3.6 | 21% | 0.9 | 19% | 5 | 27% | 3 | 23% |