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Table 2 Change in daily telephone inquiries and counter services by the implemented measures

From: Effect of improvement measures in reducing interruptions in a Japanese hospital pharmacy using a synthetic approach based on resilience engineering and systems thinking

 

Before

After

  

Sources of interruptions

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

P Value

FDR-adjusted P Value

Telephone inquiries

  Total

43 (38–46)

18 (18–19)

.032

 

    Requests for earlier receipts at the service counter

26 (22–28)

9 (9–13)

 

.032

    Checking the dispensing and delivery status

10 (9–12)

1 (1–1)

 

.008a

    Requests for earlier-than-scheduled deliveries with machine transportation

4 (3–4)

1 (1–3)

 

.151

    Others

3 (3–4)

4 (4–6)

 

.548

Counter services

  Total

55 (51–56)

15 (15–15)

.008

 

    Topical and oral medicines

19 (18–22)

2 (2–3)

 

.008b

    Injectable medicines

14 (12–14)

1 (1–2)

 

.008b

    Others

17 (15–19)

12 (12–13)

 

.095

  1. a,b denote statistical significance at P<.013 and P<.017, respectivelyÂ