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Table 1 Survey categories and items of questionnaire

From: Current status and future perspective of external herbal dispensaries preparing traditional herbal medicine in South Korea: the first National-Wide Survey results

Survey Categories (Survey Item)

Items

Survey Items

I. Basic status

5

1. Types of external herbal dispensary

2. Location

3. Opening year

4. Total area

5. Type of medical institution

II. Facility status

11

1. Self-quality inspection facility

2. Hygiene management facilities

3. Pest control facilities

4. Extraction, evaporation, or distillation equipments

5. Sterilization facilities

6. Filling facilities

7. Foreign body inspection facilities

8. Warehouse of raw materials, semi-finished, or final products

9. Cleanliness management facilities

10. Cross-contamination prevention facilities

11. Water supply facilities

III. Quality control status

4

1. Frequency of monitoring the temperature and humidity

2. Management of poisonous herbs

3. Quality control of non-medicinal herbs

4. Quality control of final products

Total

20

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