PICU Linen Loss
Shared by East Tennessee Children’s Hospital
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Floor Stock Procedure
From East Tennessee Children’s Hospital Before a Food and Nutrition employee would have to take a trip to the PICU just to take food inventory. Now the PICU night shift Unit Secretary takes inventory and faxes an inventory request to …
Visual Idea Board at University of Michigan Health System
Posted with permission. I love the use of the “Old English D” of the Detroit Tigers. Also see the simple before and after summaries that are created for the “Done” column. Classic Kaizen. Used in a pre-op surgery clinic at …
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Kaizen Board at Catholic Charities Fort Worth
Below is the photo of a new Kaizen board, started about 3 weeks ago, at a non-profit that Mark has done some pro-bono consulting for – Catholic Charities Fort Worth. They have a pilot board that’s being used by staff …
East Tennessee Children’s Hospital “CI Board”
CI Board Explanation This is the continuous improvement board we use in our PICU to help promote and progress daily kaizen. We meet around it weekly for quick 15 minute meetings to discuss ideas, problem solving progress and to celebrate …
CVL / Airway Cart Restocking for Patient Charge Items
A Kaizen from East Tennessee Children’s Hospital and their PICU. Here is an example that is good for patients and staff (less delay) and is good for the organization (better charge capture). Before there were multiple methods of informing Central Supply of …
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Reduce Waste in C-section Packs
Shared by the L&D department at the University of North Carolina Health Care. This kaizen improvement was managed through the KaiNexus software system and was then documented in the Quick and Easy Kaizen format. This was a small improvement reduces cost for …
Signs for sink areas in Labor and Delivery
Shared by the L&D department at the University of North Carolina Health Care. This kaizen improvement was managed through the KaiNexus software system and was then documented in the Quick and Easy Kaizen format. This was a small improvement that benefitted visitors …
Ativan Storage
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 …