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Table 1 Annual workload, activity standards and total required number of medical biochemists (A)/medical laboratory technicians (B( based on WISN for 13 laboratories, Center for Medical Biochemistry University Clinical Center of Serbia, 2019

From: Use of the WISN method to assess the health workforce requirements for the high-volume clinical biochemical laboratories

CMB UCCS laboratories

Annual workload (number of samples)

Activity standards

Total required staff for health service activities (A)

Category allowance factor (CAF) (B)

Individual allowance factor (IAF) (C)

Total required number of staff based on WISN (A × B + C)

Health service activities, (minutes per sample)

Category additional activities (CAS) (% AWT)

Individual additional activities (IAS) (hours per year)

A

 Total

1,848,889

       

 1PD

387,277

1.2

16.26

5305.2

5.14

1.19

3.52

9.64

 2ED

707,961

1.2

16.26

5466.0

9.39

1.19

3.62

14.79

 3INF

79,217

1.2

16.26

764.2

1.05

1.19

0.51

1.76

 4GO

82,188

1.2

16.26

651.7

1.09

1.19

0.43

1.73

 5CS

157,207

1.2

16.26

764.2

2.08

1.19

0.51

2.99

 6NS

71,263

2.0

16.26

651.7

1.58

1.19

0.43

2.31

 7E

126,141

1.2

16.26

651.7

1.67

1.19

0.43

2.42

 8H

38,963

1.2

16.26

764.2

0.52

1.19

0.51

1.13

 9U

25,450

1.2

16.26

651.7

0.34

1.19

0.43

0.83

 10DS

91,145

2.0

16.26

651.7

2.01

1.19

0.43

2.82

 11N

38,350

2.0

16.26

764.2

0.85

1.19

0.51

1.52

 12O

37,150

1.2

16.26

651.7

0.49

1.19

0.43

1.01

 13P

6577

2.0

16.26

651.7

0.15

1.19

0.43

0.61

B

 Total

1,848,889

       

 1PD

387,277

8.0

26.87

4508.4

24.14

1.37

3.35

36.42

 2ED

707,961

10.3

26.87

1560.1

46.07

1.37

1.16

64.28

 3INF

79,217

8.8

26.87

694.7

7.65

1.37

0.52

11.00

 4GO

82,188

9.2

26.87

592.2

8.79

1.37

0.44

12.48

 5CS

157,207

6.3

26.87

593.2

12.25

1.37

0.44

17.22

 6NS

71,263

8.9

26.87

592.2

7.85

1.37

0.44

11.19

 7E

126,141

6.6

26.87

593.2

10.30

1.37

0.44

14.55

 8H

38,963

8.1

26.87

592.2

3.90

1.37

0.44

5.78

 9U

25,450

11.6

26.87

593.2

3.65

1.37

0.44

5.44

 10DS

91,145

12.6

26.87

593.2

9.55

1.37

0.44

13.52

 11N

38,350

8.9

26.87

592.2

4.22

1.37

0.44

6.22

 12O

37,150

6.8

26.87

592.2

3.13

1.37

0.44

4.73

 13P

6577

8.5

26.87

592.2

0.69

1.37

0.44

1.39

  1. Division of Polyclinic Laboratory Diagnostics (1PD), Division of Emergency Laboratory Diagnostics (2ED), and Division of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics in Department in the Clinic for Infectious and Tropical Diseases (3INF), Department in the Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics (4GO), Department in the Clinic for Cardiac Surgery (5CS), Department in the Clinic for Neurosurgery (6NS), Department in the Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases (7E), Department in the Clinic for Hematology (8H), Department in the Clinic for Urology (9U), Department in the Clinic for Digestive Surgery (10DS), Department in the Clinic for Neurology (11N), Department in the Clinic for Orthopedics and Traumatology (12O), Department in the Clinic for Burns, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (13P)