Achusim L E, Woller T W, Somani S M, Abramowitz P W
Department of Pharmaceutical Services, Santa Rosa Hospital, San Antonio, TX 78207-3108.
Am J Hosp Pharm. 1990 Nov;47(11):2492-5.
A study to measure the time and cost associated with an automated and a manual method of syringe filling is reported. A stopwatch was used to measure the time needed by an experienced pharmacy technician to prepare batches of 200 syringes of each of seven drugs by a manual method and an automated method, the Multi-Ad Fluid Dispensing System. For each drug and method, time-and-motion data were collected during the preparation of four batches. The accuracy of each method was determined by dividing the actual by the expected number of syringes filled per batch. Material costs were calculated by summing the contract costs of the necessary equipment. The total cost of each method was determined by adding the labor and material costs. For all the drugs, the mean total time required to prepare one batch of syringes by the automated method was significantly less than that for the manual method. There was no significant difference in accuracy between methods for any of the drugs. The annual labor costs of the automated and manual methods were $4056 and $5761, respectively, and the annual material costs were $3364 and $2260, respectively. The total annual cost of the automated method was $7419, compared with $8021 for the manual method. The Multi-Ad system was significantly faster and somewhat less costly overall than a manual method for batch preparation of syringes of seven drugs.
本文报道了一项关于测量自动和手动注射器填充方法的时间及成本的研究。使用秒表来测量一位经验丰富的药剂师分别通过手动方法和自动方法（Multi-Ad流体分配系统）制备七类药物各200支注射器批次所需的时间。对于每种药物和方法，在制备四批次的过程中收集了时间和动作数据。通过将每批次实际填充的注射器数量除以预期数量来确定每种方法的准确性。材料成本通过将所需设备的合同成本相加来计算。每种方法的总成本通过将人工成本和材料成本相加来确定。对于所有药物，通过自动方法制备一批注射器所需的平均总时间显著少于手动方法。对于任何一种药物，不同方法之间的准确性没有显著差异。自动和手动方法的年度人工成本分别为4056美元和5761美元，年度材料成本分别为3364美元和2260美元。自动方法的年度总成本为7419美元，而手动方法为8021美元。对于七类药物的注射器批量制备，Multi-Ad系统总体上明显更快且成本略低。
