Efficient processes

• Hosting in-service to discuss how to properly set up a scanning procedure
• Monitoring the process to ensure the scanning was done properly
• Sharing feedback about the process so every team member can learn from any mistake

What can your team do to work with other UBTs so you can both improve? What additional training could your team benefit from?

• Developing stretching routines that target large muscle groups and various joint areas
• Adding stretch routines that help lifting, pulling, pushing and twisting to daily 7 a.m. huddles
• Discussing workplace safety at every morning huddle and encouraging full participation

What can your team do to prevent injuries? 

• Creating computer spreadsheet to track inventory and order supplies
• Labeling shelves and supplies more clearly to reduce clutter
• Eliminating hoarding and rarely used supplies, and consolidating orders

What can your team do to harness the power of technology? What else could your team do to centralize information that is scattered? 

• Sorting and metering mail at fewer locations
• Centralizing facilities mail processing for greater efficiency
• Adding meters, offering overtime, and negotiating lower rates for needed vendor services

What can your team do to consolidate supplies or services? What else could your team do to reduce waste?

• Coordinating with other departments, like emergency and transportation
• Spreading out requests in regular 15-minute intervals
• Meeting regularly to make adjustments

 What can your team do to work with other departments to improve patients' experiences? 

• Setting up designated bins in operating rooms for blue wrap recycling
• Educating staff about the dos and don’ts of the bins, such as no infectious or solid waste
• Coordinating with a local charity such as Goodwill to help with processing

What can your team do to "go green"? What else could your team do to reduce waste?

• Emphasizing the environmentally responsible aspect of the project to build support 
• Printing one-page instead of multi-page patient summaries
• Using time freed from printing to make calls and speak with members

What can your team do to "green" your work life? 

• Investing in high-tech equipment
• Reducing the use of chemicals and consumption of water
• Creating a safer workplace

 What can your team do to "green" your workplace?

• Reducing cancer IV medication waste
• Scheduling back-to-back, same-day appointments
• Using smaller vials

 What can your team do to consolidate resources and improve efficiency?

• Using a “blitz” approach to the work queues, when new sessions get backed up
• Mobilizing everyone to work on the same queue until the backlog decreases
• Shifting from the existing practice of everyone working in individual queues

What can your team do to tackle large issues that are creating a backlog? Where else could your team use a "blitz" approach?