.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 lower control limit for Jake's c chart is ___________.

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The lower control limit (LCL) for a c chart is calculated using the formula LCL = c̄ - 3√c̄, where c̄ is the average number of errors. Here, c̄ = 37/12 = 3.08. Calculating LCL gives 3.08 - 3√3.08, which is approximately 0. Since LCL cannot be negative, it is set to 0.

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