were designed with efficiencies in mind. They
include often-used supplies such as syringes, med-
ication labels, surgical sponges, suction tubing and
mayo stand covers — and allow you to spend less
time preparing for the next day's cases. Procedure
packs save significant time and expense because
you don't have to collect individual items when
pulling supplies for cases and vendors charge less
money for pre-packaged supplies. We throw proce-
dure packs for the next day's cases into laundry
baskets for easy access during room turnovers.
Inefficiencies and waste creep in, however,
when you don't monitor the items included in
packs. You must constantly evaluate what con-
tents of packs are used on a consistent basis and
what items often get thrown out at the end of pro-
cedures. For example, if you typically used two
suction tubings in a procedure and now routinely
use one, contact the pack's vendor to make the
adjustment. Plan ahead if you're going to downsize
or change the items included in
your packs because it can take
vendors six to 12 weeks to
implement the change.
Packs shouldn't contain extra
"just-in-case" items. Jettisoning
those is a really good way to save
money. If you need an extra item
during a case, you can always
pull it from your regular supply
inventory, which is much less
expensive than throwing out
extra items in packs during every
procedure. If some surgeons use
a cautery pencil and some don't,
leave it out of a procedure pack.
It often costs less to grab an item
a particular surgeon wants than it
is to order customized packs
based on each surgeon's prefer-
ence card and procedure.
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