Essays about: "hospital waste management case study"

Found 4 essays containing the words hospital waste management case study.

  1. 1. At the heart of it all : A value stream mapping of the heart emergency at Danderyds Sjukhus AB

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

    Author : Ivan Svensson; Elin Berglund; [2015]
    Keywords : Lean; Lean production; Lean healthcare; healthcare; Healthcare management; value stream; value stream mapping; VSM; waste; logistics; Lean; Lean production; Lean inom sjukvården; sjukvård; styrning av sjukvård; värdeflöde; värdeflödesanalys; slöseri; logistik;

    Abstract : Dagens situation med en åldrande befolkning som leder till en större förekomst av allvarliga kroniska sjukdomar gör att sjukvården står inför nya utmaningar. Då de flesta vårdinrättningar har en mycket hög beläggning och begränsade resurser har man börjat använda sig av produktionsstrategier som traditionellt använts i mer industrinära miljöer, exempelvis Lean production. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Effects of Installing Automated Ward Solutions for Medicine - A Case Study at Växjö Central Hospital

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO)

    Author : Hannah Gullander; Sara Johansson; [2014]
    Keywords : Automated Ward Solutions; Process Mapping; TDABC; Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing; Hospital Logistics; Medicine Management; Läkemedelsautomater; Processkartläggning; TDABC; Tidsdriven aktivitetsbaserad kostnad; Sjukhuslogistik; Medicinhantering;

    Abstract : Research Questions: Research Question I: How does the material management process of medicine differ between a ward with, and without, an Automated Ward Solution (AWS)? Research Question II: How do time and costs differ in the material management process of medicine between a ward with, and without, an AWS? Research Question III: How has the instalment of a central storage affected the number of orders placed for wards? Purpose: The purpose is to map and compare the material management process of medicine between a ward with, and without, an AWS. Further the mapped processes will be timed, allocated costs by applying TDABC and then compared. READ MORE

  4. 3. Lean Service Implementation in Hospital : A Case study conducted in “University Clinical Centre of Kosovo, Rheumatology department”

    University essay from Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Lura Rexhepi; Priti Shrestha; [2011]
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    Abstract : The principle of Lean is to eliminate the waste from the system. The purpose of this study is to explore Lean implementation in service sector, especially in health care settings, by focusing on Lean tools and techniques, as well as critical success factors and challenges of Lean implementation. READ MORE

  5. 4. IWESS, an integrated water, energy and sanitation solution : A holistic approach to reach sustainability trough organic waste management for the Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya

    University essay from Institutionen för teknik och samhälle

    Author : Erik Martinsson; Emil Martinsson; Sören Säf; [2008]
    Keywords : ecological waste water treatment; slow sand filtration; deforestation; eutrophication; global warming; appropriate technologies; anaerobic process; biogas; source separation; nutrient re-circulation; waste water reuse; waste to resource; soil erosion; soil fertility; desertification;

    Abstract : The process of allocating necessary resources like clean water, fuel/energy and food have resulted in an unsustainable use of natural resources causing problems with Soil erosion, soil fertility, desertification, deforestation, eutrophication and global warming. The purpose of this study was to gain information on the functional design of a waste management system enabling the organic components of domestic waste to be processed as useful resources while at the same time allow them to be re-circulated. READ MORE