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ather than having a set time to restock the OR cabinets, our
nursing assistants would do so between cases or when they
had time, which often meant interrupting a case. Plus, the
cart they were using to load supplies was too small and disorganized.
With these changes, they're now making fewer trips and taking less
time.
• We restock ORs as the day's cases are ending.
• We load supplies on a much larger cart that's organized to mirror
the supply bins in the cabinets.
• We adopted the milk-run approach. Let me explain. A "milk run" is
a dairy industry practice where one tanker collects milk every day
A Milk Run to Restock Your ORs
• MILK RUN Organize supplies on your restocking cart to mirror how the supply bins in your cabinets are organized.
Elaine
Gibson,
BSN,
RN,
CNOR
Ideas Work
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