Research Article

Practice towards Rational Drug Use at Finotselam and Asirade Zewudie Hospitals Based on WHO Core Drug Use Indicators, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 4

Patient care indicators from October 11 to November 30, 2019, at FSH and AZH, northwest Ethiopia (nā€‰=ā€‰100).

NoPatient care indicatorsFSHAZH

1Average consulting time in minutes2.11 minutes2.25 minutes
2Average dispensing time in seconds51.3 seconds62.72 seconds
3Number of drugs actually dispensed225245
4Total number of drugs prescribed244260
5Percentage of drugs actually dispensed92.2%94.2%
6Adequately labeled drug among actually dispensed215236
7Percentage of drugs adequately labeled during dispensing95.6%96.3%