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IDEAS That Work
HOUSEKEEPING TIME SAVER
Bundle Linens to Speed Turnovers
W
e're a busy
ORDER, SHEETS Jessica Haney, endo tech at Saginaw
Valley Endoscopy Center, prepares a shipment of linens.
GI center,
sometimes
seeing 30 to 50
patients a day, so there
are plenty of beds to
change throughout the
day. When you're
doing that many
turnovers, anything
you can do to speed
the process makes a difference. So
when we receive the laundered linens
from our supplier, we bundle up everything we need to make a bed. Staffers
take a few minutes of downtime early in
the morning or at the end of the day to
wrap a fitted sheet, pillowcase, patient
gown and 2 bath blankets together. It's a
real time saver to be able to grab a bundle and go make the bed, instead of fumbling for each individual item. The bundles store neatly in the linen
closet, and they make it easy to count inventory at a glance to know
you'll have enough to cover the next day's cases.
Kathleen Tafoya, RN
Saginaw Valley Endoscopy Center
Saginaw, Mich.
ktafoya@saginawvalleyendoscopy.net
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