In drug dispensing with ATC(Automatic Tablet Counting & Sorting Machine), the composition of prescriptions may give an influence on the ATC operation ratio. So we made a research to solve the problem of ATC operation ratio influenced by the prescription´s component in Sept. 1994, at the department of pharmacy in Kyung Hee University Medical Center. All of the prescriptions was classified and analyzed except pediatric department. As a result, total counts of prescriptions were 23,973, among these prescriptions 29.1% was possible dispensed by ATC, but only 25.1% was done by ATC. And ATC is usually using for the long term prescriptions. So if it is recalculated into the prescription days, the ATC operation ratio was 42.0%. The cause of including splitted tablets, was 3.6% in the case of including liquids, powders, external uses and was 20.3% which require more cassettes in ATC.
In conclusion, to improve the operation ratio of ATC, below listed are required. First development of variable kinds of tablet doses, second is enlarging the counts of cassettes in ATC.
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