Mount the Flip & Click Quick-Change Wall Frame once and change your message as many times as you want — without ever having to take the frame off the wall. Your important messages will always be neatly displayed and protected in these frames. Watch the video to see how easy it is to change a …
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Making gloves easily accessible throughout your facility is easy when you accessorize your glove dispensers. Here’s 3 easy add-ons that can alleviate annoyances that get in the way of your everyday routine. “I need gloves closer to me to be efficient, but the closest surface is metal.” Use Magnet Mounts These super-strong magnets simply screw …
When it comes to kids, there’s no such thing as a routine blood draw. Their “pre-poke” anxiety can make a clean draw practically impossible. That’s why more facilities are employing the distraction technique to keep kids’ attention away from the needle. All it takes is a little color and a little imagination and you can …
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The drawers in your procedure carts should be an extension of the 5S Lean processes that are applied in storage rooms. This can be easily accomplished by adding drawer organizers that keep cart contents neat and accessible. For procedure carts containing equipment or instruments, use drawer organizers with larger compartments. Be sure to label your …
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Creating a kid-friendly pediatric cart that can help distract attention from the needle is one approach you can use to make a difference in a child’s venipuncture experience. Best of all, because by nature the cart is mobile, you can take your “distractions” with you wherever you have to perform a draw. 1. Start with …
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Labeling is a crucial part of the 5S Lean process of setting things in order. Every item, and location where items are set, should be clearly labeled so no time or effort is wasted searching. When time is critical, semi-permanent label holders are perfect for keeping supply areas up-to-date on their labeling: holders with magnets, …
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At Florida Hospital, Celebration Health, 5S Lean isn’t necessarily defined as a massive undertaking. Instead, staff of the Orlando-area hospital recognize big problems and find small ways to fix them. Here’s one of their stories. Margaret Bartlett is a laboratory operations director at Celebration Health. Her department received concerns from the labor and delivery unit …
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