The General Ward WOW team audited the time it takes to set up an IV at the bedside.
They chose two rooms, one at each end of the ward and counted the number of steps it took to leave the office with the orders, collect the fluid from the drug room, the pump from the pump cupboard, the pole from the store room and take the items to the patient's bedside.
They then relocated the pumps to the store room with the poles and repeated the excercise.
1 step = 0.75 seconds
Room 10 initial count = 117 steps = 1 min 28 seconds
Room 22 initial count = 98 steps = 1 min 14 seconds
Average steps = 107.5 = 1 mn 21 seconds.
Room 10 after pumps relocated = 70 steps = 53 seconds
Room 22 after pumps relocated = 90 steps = 1 min 8 seconds
Average steps = 80 steps = 1 min
Effectivly 21 seconds was saved with each IV set up excluding return to the office.
21 Seconds seems insignificant until you calculate how many IV setups occur each day. The following calculations are based on 4 IV setups occuring per day and only by 1 nurse.
4 setups per day saves 1 minute 24 seconds
4 setups per day for 7 days (week) saves 9 minutes 48 seconds
4 setups per day for 28 days (month) saves 39 minutes 12 seconds
4 setups per day for 365 days (year) saves 8 hrs 31 minutes
Well done guys you have effectivly returned a whole shift back to direct patient care.
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