Question

Jake Flanaghan, Vice President for inpatient pharmacy, at Great Atlantic Medical Center, is designing a c chart to monitor the number of inpatient medication errors that occur each month. The total number of medication errors for January – December last year was 37. The centerline for Jake's c chart is ___________.

8.35

-2.18

0.00

37

3.08

Answer 1

Jake Flanaghan, the Vice president for inpatient pharmacy, at Great Atlantic Medical Center, is designing a c chart to monitor the number of medication errors that ocur each month.

The total number of medication errors for January-December last year was 37.

So, the number of medication error in a month, on average, is = 37/12 = 3.083.

So, the centre line for the C chart, which is designed to count the number of medication errors, is 3.08, approximately.

So, the correct answer is option (E) 3.08.