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OBJECTIVE:To shorten the turnover days of hospital drug inventory,reduce the cost of drug inventory and improve the level of hospital drug inventory management.METHODS:The data of 65 kinds of antitumor drugs and its adjuvant drugs during Jan.1st,2016-Dec.31st,2016 were collected from hospital information system (HIS) of our hospital,such as price,inventory to classify by using ABC classification method.According to demanded quantity of class A drugs in the secondary drug storage,the amount purchased of upper and lower limitation of class A drugs could be calculated.The data of class C drugs were analyzed one by one to determine the "temporary use" drug directory.The turnover days of class A drugs and the inventory cost of class C drugs were counted before and after classification management.RESULTS:There were 10 class A drugs,accounting for 15.38％ of total types and 78.27％ of total consumption sum;the turnover days of pharmacy inventory decreased from (43.96 ± 19.04) d to (13.64 ± 8.02) d by adopting the principle of purchasing in small quantity by several times.There were 10 "temporary use" drugs of class C drugs,accounting for 26.32％ of total types,270 thousand yuan inventory cost saved each year.CONCLUSIONS:Hierarchical management of hospital drug inventory by ABC classification can effectively optimize the inventory types and amount,and provide definite evidence for "temporary use" drugs so as to shorten turnover days of pharmacy inventory and recue the cost of pharmacy inventory.
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OBJECTIVE:To optimize the management of drug inventory so as to reduce days of drug turnover. METHODS:Depending on the information management system of the hospital,the method of quality control circle was used to analyze the rea-sons of long days of drug turnover,corresponding measures for continuous improvement were developed,and the effects of the ac-tivities in the quality control circle were evaluated on the basis of the rate of achieving the goal and the growth rate of circle mem-bers. RESULTS:In the activities of the quality control circle,based on the factors such as personnel,drugs and the method,corre-sponding measures were developed in respect of permanent applicants for drugs,the upper and lower limits of drugs to be gotten by the applicant,the increase in the frequency of purchase,“zero inventory”management for part of drugs,and the optimization of the generation program of purchase orders,where the percentage of the drugs with the turnover days within 15 d was increased from 72% to over 85%,the rate of achieving the goal was 107.9%. All the circle members significantly grew as to the application of the method of quality control circle,sense of responsibility,initiative,team spirit,communication and coordination,with growth rate of 12%-28%. CONCLUSIONS:The activities of the quality control circle have achieved a good effect in optimizing the drug inventory management of our hospital and increased the percentage of the drugs with the turnover days within 15 d.