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Table 2 The categories and subcategories under the dimension “WHAT”

From: How much time do emergency department physicians spend on medication-related tasks? A time- and-motion study

Categories

Subcategories

Patient examination/treatment

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Oral communication

Retrieve medication-related information

Give medication-related information

Communication about medications

Work-/patient-related

Read/retrieve written information

-

Documentation

Medication-related

Non-medication-related

Movement

-

Medication management

Medication preparation without patient

Preparation and administration of medications with patient

Double checking

Waiting/consideration

-

Logistics

Medication-related

Other

Standby

-

Meeting

-

Unknown

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Other

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