Application of PDCA Management Method in Improving the Quality of Prescriptions of Chinese Herbal Pieces
Objectives This study aims to use PDCA management tools to improve the quality of Chinese herbal pieces to promote the continuous improvement of hospital pharmacy quality management.Methods A total of 6,930 prescriptions per week were randomly selected from August 1,2018,to January 31,2019,before the implementation of PDCA quality control management,serving as the control group.Following the introduction of PDCA quality control management,7,075 prescriptions per week were randomly selected from February 1,2019,to July 31,2019,forming the observation group.In total,14,005 prescriptions were included in the study.The detection and quality improvement of irregular prescriptions,inappropriate prescriptions and abnormal prescriptions in the two groups were evaluated.Results A total of 867 unreasonable prescriptions(12.51%)were detected in the control group,including 710 irregular prescriptions(10.24%),78 inappropriate prescriptions(1.13%),and 79 abnormal prescriptions(1.14%).The observation group detected 244 unreasonable prescriptions(3.45%),including 154 irregular prescriptions(2.18%),52 inappropriate prescriptions(0.73%),and 38 abnormal prescriptions(0.54%).When comparing the two groups,statistically significant differences were observed,with a p-value of less than 0.05.Conclusions The PDCA management model can effectively improve the quality of prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine pieces,promote the informatization of prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine pieces,promote the improvement of the prescription evaluation system,and has good application value in prescription quality management.
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