scholarly journals Nursing Time Allocation: A Wok Sampling Survey in a Turkish Private Hospital

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-63
Author(s):  
Dilek Ekiki ◽  
Emel Gurcay
Keyword(s):  
Time Allocation ◽  
Private Hospital ◽  
Nursing Time ◽  
Sampling Survey

scholarly journals Optimizing nursing time in a day care unit: Quality improvement using Lean Six Sigma methodology

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmel Davies ◽  
Caroline Lyons ◽  
Regina Whyte
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Six Sigma ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Private Hospital ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Lean Six Sigma ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Staff Satisfaction ◽  
Nursing Time

Abstract Objective This study applies Lean Six Sigma (LSS) to improve the efficiency of a private hospital day care unit and generate a positive impact on optimizing nursing time and improving personalized patient care and staff satisfaction. Design A prospective interventional study using pre- and post-evaluation. Setting A day care unit at a private hospital. Participants Nurses and patients from the day unit. Intervention(s) Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control was used as an overarching problem-solving framework. All front line staff, clinical leaders and managers were supported as active change agents in the quality improvement (QI) initiative. Multiple interventions were adopted across the service that aimed to de-implement non-value added activities and enhance processes with activities that added value. Main outcome measures Patient turnaround times (PTTs), nursing time, nurse-patient ratio, nurse and patient survey. Results A post-implementation evaluation highlighted significant improvements in service performance and patient and staff satisfaction. Significant added value includes a reduction in PTTs, an increase in nursing care time and improvement in the nurse-patient ratio. Conclusion This project identified that utilizing LSS that relies on collaborative team effort is effective in creating a positive organizational culture for improvement and change. The Six Sigma tools and techniques provide evidence-based approaches that support QI in practice.

scholarly journals Using Lean Six Sigma to Redesign the Supply Chain to the Operating Room Department of a Private Hospital to Reduce Associated Costs and Release Nursing Time to Care

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (21) ◽  
pp. 11011
Author(s):  
Lisa O’Mahony ◽  
Kerrie McCarthy ◽  
Josephine O’Donoghue ◽  
Seán Paul Teeling ◽  
Marie Ward ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Operating Room ◽  
Six Sigma ◽  
Private Hospital ◽  
Lean Six Sigma ◽  
Stock Management ◽  
Nursing Time ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Chain Management

Continuity of the supply chain is an integral element in the safe and timely delivery of health services. Lean Six Sigma (LSS), a continuous improvement approach, aims to drive efficiencies and standardisation in processes, and while well established in the manufacturing and supply chain industries, also has relevance in healthcare supply chain management. This study outlines the application of LSS tools and techniques within the supply chain of an Operating Room (OR) setting in a private hospital in Dublin, Ireland. A pre-/post-intervention design was employed following the Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control (DMAIC) framework and applying LSS methodology to redesign the current process for stock management both within the OR storage area and within a pilot OR suite, through collaborative, inclusive, and participatory engagement with staff. A set of improvements were implemented to standardise and streamline the stock management in both areas. The main outcomes from the improvements implemented were an overall reduction in the value of stock held within the operating theatre by 17.7%, a reduction in the value of stock going out of date by 91.7%, and a reduction in the time spent by clinical staff preparing stock required for procedures by 45%, all demonstrating the effectiveness of LSS in healthcare supply chain management.

Nursing time allocation and other considerations for staffing

2005 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn B. Gran-Moravec ◽  
Christina M. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Time Allocation ◽  
Nursing Time

Isolation of post operative hospital acquired infections in a private hospital of Bangladesh and identification of clonal relatedness of E. coli by using Pulse filed gel electrophoresis

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-10
Author(s):  
Mohammad Murshed ◽  
Sabeena Shahnaz ◽  
Md. Abdul Malek
Keyword(s):  
Private Hospital ◽  
Isolation And Identification ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Hospital Acquired Infection ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Hospital Acquired Infections ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Clonal Relatedness ◽  
Hospital Acquired ◽  
Dressing Materials

Isolation and identification of post operative hospital acquired infection was carried out from July 2008 to December 2008 in Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital (private hospital). The major pathogen of wound infection was E. coli. A total; of 120 samples were collected from the surrounding environment of post operative room like floor, bed sheets, instruments, dressing materials, catheter, nasogastric and endotracheal tube. E. coli (40%) was the predominant organism followed by S. aureus (24%). DNA fingerprinting analysis using pulsed field gel electreopheresis of XbaI restriction digested genomic DNA showed that clonal relatedness between the two clinical nd environmental isolates were 100%.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjmm.v6i2.19369 Bangladesh J Med Microbiol 2012; 06(02): 7-10

Changing Characteristics of Private-Hospital Alcoholic Patients. A Twenty-Year Time-Trend Analysis

1958 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-315
Author(s):  
Milton A. Maxwell ◽  
Frederick Lemere ◽  
Paul O'Hollaren
Keyword(s):  
Trend Analysis ◽  
Time Trend ◽  
Private Hospital

The Sterility of Reusable Surgical Instruments with Pouches Packaging on One of the Private Hospital in Bandung

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurniawansyah I. S. ◽  
Mita S. R. ◽  
Najla E. ◽  
Nindayani E.
Keyword(s):  
Storage Time ◽  
Private Hospital ◽  
Surgical Instruments ◽  
Healthcare Associated Infection ◽  
Sterility Testing ◽  
Reusable Instruments ◽  
Healthcare Associated ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Common Infection ◽  
Long Storage

Healthcare associated infection is one of the common infection that happens in Indonesia. One form control to prevent healthcare associated infection is the sterilization process of the materials and medical instruments that used for taking care of patients. At the private hospital whereas a place of research, there’s never been done the study of sterility test for reusable instrument with pouches, based on previous studies showed that 8 sets from 40 sets of reusable instrument with linen were not sterile moreover there were positively influence from the amount of time to the sterility of reusable instrument. The purpose of these studies was to determining the relationship between a long storage time and the sterility of reusable instruments with pouches. The method that used in this study was the sterility testing of reusable instrument with pouches which were stored in a central operations room storage with a long storage time of 1 and 2 months. From 30 reusable instruments with pouches which were stored for nine months there were 5 instruments were not sterile. The results of statistic analysis showed that the amount of storage time not significantly associated to the sterility of reusable instrument with pouches in the operating room central storage space.

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