Table 2.
Productivity calculation example
| Unit of service (verifications per pay period) a | 1,600 |
| Target variable hours | 80 |
| Fixed hours per pay period | 8 |
| Total target hours | 88 |
| Worked hours | 80 |
| Productivity (%) | 110 |
| (+/-) Full-time equivalent (FTE) | +0.1 |
Note: These positions are variable and have 8 hours of fixed time per pay period. To complete 1,600 verifications per pay period, 80 target variable hours are necessary. However, to incorporate the 8 fixed hours during each pay period, the department must verify orders faster than the average to meet this increased demand.
a
Inpatient generalist pharmacists verify an average of 20 orders per hour. Over a 1-week pay period, a total of 1,600 orders were verified.