from several dairy
farmers for delivery
to a milk-processing
firm. It ensures that
the tanker travels
the minimum dis-
tance and carries the
maximum load. A
milk run works best
when, just as with
surgical supplies, the
load is scattered in
many different
places and in smaller
units.
When they open an OR cabinet, our nursing assistants know at a
glance which supply bins they need to restock. Whenever we remove
an item from a bin, we also remove the small yellow card that sits in a
slot in the front of each blue bin and lay it in front of the bin on the
shelf to indicate that one or more items are missing from that bin.
Once the bin is replenished, we place the yellow card back in the slot
on the bin. If a yellow card's not removed, staff know nothing needs to
be replenished for that bin.
Elaine Gibson, BSN, RN, CNOR
Goshen (Ind.) Hospital
egibson@goshenhealth.com
N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 6 • O U T PA T I E N TS U R G E R Y. N E T • 1 1
• VISUAL CUE A yellow card that sits face down on the shelf
indicates that one or more items are missing from that bin.
