Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Room supplies

Room supplies are my next challenge. When I started my job, getting the rooms routinely stocked with necessary supplies was a big deal and a recurrent problem. The problem with a shared space with high turnover is that it's tough to get people trained and performing to meet expectations.

In its simplest form, the system is that PCC's are responsible for making sure rooms are ready to go prior to putting a patient in the room. Generally, it's a good rule, however with the flex room system, no one knows what flex rooms they'll be using until they use it. Since rooms are generally prepped at the beginning of the day, this leaves a gap. Or rather, the lack of the gap is the problem.

Having PCC's stock and prepare their core rooms is simple enough. The flex rooms are the trick.

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