Ativan Storage

Mark Graban Posted on May 8, 2012 Posted in Benefits, Easier Work, East TN Children's Hospital, ICU, Kaizens - Examples of Staff-Driven Kaizen Improvements, Less Delay or Waiting, Patient Outcomes, Pharmacy Tagged with Children's, East Tennesee, Pharmacy, PICU, Spaghetti, Walking

A nurse voiced her concerns about the time it takes to access Ativan, a medicine used for seizures. PICU and Pharmacy worked together to get to the root cause of the problem and created a process to cut down the time and the number of steps in the process from eight steps to just four steps. This change has been implemented across the hospital to help all staff and patients.