Table 7 Wasteful drug expenditures (¥) before and after practice.

From: The impact of pharmacist oriented mode on risk control in a Chinese centralized intravenous admixture service centre

Stage

Control group

Practice group

Difference

Χ2

P value

Drug administration

8326.3

1877.6

6448.7

2.786

0.047

Prescription review

5433.8

1240.3

4193.5

  

Preprocessing

16,780.4

2915.5

13,864.9

  

Admixing

18,193.5

3092.9

15,100.6

  

Packing and transportation

3378.2

739.5

2638.7

  

Total

52,112.2

9865.8

42,246.4