Application and Practice of the Quality Control Circle in Delicacy Management of Drug Inventory / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

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.