Designing optimizing procedures for task switching to ensure efficiency in the hospital laboratory

Abstract This study aims to improve the efficiency of task switching in hospital laboratories. In a laboratory, several medical technicians perform multiple tasks. Technicians are not aware of the marginal amount of time it takes to switch between tasks, and this accumulation of lost minutes can cau...

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Autores principales:	Young-Jin Kim, Garam Kim, Sangil Kim, Dawoon Jung, Minwoo Park
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1c096696c6d449f5a9c73fa7170ec1602021-12-02T17:41:30ZDesigning optimizing procedures for task switching to ensure efficiency in the hospital laboratory10.1038/s41598-021-92116-z2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/1c096696c6d449f5a9c73fa7170ec1602021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92116-zhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract This study aims to improve the efficiency of task switching in hospital laboratories. In a laboratory, several medical technicians perform multiple tasks. Technicians are not aware of the marginal amount of time it takes to switch between tasks, and this accumulation of lost minutes can cause the technician to worry more about the remaining working time than work quality. They rush through their remaining tasks, thereby rendering their work less efficient. For time optimization, we identified work changeover times to help maintain the work quality in the laboratory while reducing the number of task switching instances. We used the turnaround time (TAT) compliance rate of emergency room samples as an indicator to evaluate laboratory performance and the number of task switching instances as an index of the task performer perspective (TPP). We experimented with a monitoring system that populates the time for sample classification according to the optimal time for task switching. Through the proposed methodology, we successfully reduced not only the instances of task switching by 10% but also the TAT non-compliance rate from 4.97 to 2.66%. Consequently, the introduction of new methodology has greatly increased work efficiency.Young-Jin KimGaram KimSangil KimDawoon JungMinwoo ParkNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
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description	Abstract This study aims to improve the efficiency of task switching in hospital laboratories. In a laboratory, several medical technicians perform multiple tasks. Technicians are not aware of the marginal amount of time it takes to switch between tasks, and this accumulation of lost minutes can cause the technician to worry more about the remaining working time than work quality. They rush through their remaining tasks, thereby rendering their work less efficient. For time optimization, we identified work changeover times to help maintain the work quality in the laboratory while reducing the number of task switching instances. We used the turnaround time (TAT) compliance rate of emergency room samples as an indicator to evaluate laboratory performance and the number of task switching instances as an index of the task performer perspective (TPP). We experimented with a monitoring system that populates the time for sample classification according to the optimal time for task switching. Through the proposed methodology, we successfully reduced not only the instances of task switching by 10% but also the TAT non-compliance rate from 4.97 to 2.66%. Consequently, the introduction of new methodology has greatly increased work efficiency.
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title	Designing optimizing procedures for task switching to ensure efficiency in the hospital laboratory
title_short	Designing optimizing procedures for task switching to ensure efficiency in the hospital laboratory
title_full	Designing optimizing procedures for task switching to ensure efficiency in the hospital laboratory
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Designing optimizing procedures for task switching to ensure efficiency in the hospital laboratory

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