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| No. | Team Name | Department | Activity theme (overview) | result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let's reconsider how cost calculations are carried out. ~DM Support Team with Medical Affairs Department and Calculation Section~ |
Diabetic endocrinology | Countermeasures for overlooking the calculation of guidance and management fees and additional charges related to self-injection at home for diabetic patients | Encouragement Award |
| 2 | Goods Patrol Team | 9 east | Proper inventory management reduces the amount of out-of-hours work required to search for items, leading to safer and more comfortable nursing care for patients. | |
| 3 | Unknown Deposit Elimination Squad | Finance Section | With the cooperation of the invoice issuing department, we will contribute to management by eliminating unknown payments and identifying and recovering unpaid payments. | |
| 4 | Positive change in outpatient record audits | Outpatient | We will review the outpatient record audit method, improve the quality of nursing records by increasing the success rate of record audits, and review the recording status. | |
| 5 | Let's all go home early and take a break | Medical Clerk Division | By standardizing the work procedures of each block and having each block follow each other's procedures, we can reduce overtime hours and encourage employees to take vacation time across the entire department. | Special Award |
| 6 | Inspection Visibility System | Radiology Department | By changing the current situation where inspection operations are understood by individuals to one where they can be shared by everyone, we aim to improve the efficiency of work operations. | |
| 7 | It's good to shift! ～Task Share happiness!～ |
central operating room | By shifting the deployment of equipment to a contracted company through task sharing, we will improve work and the treatment of nurses. | Special Award |
| 8 | Anya hates waste and loves safe nursing ~Task shifting to secure time for nursing work~ |
central operating room | Duplicate tasks between nurses and the central supply room will be shared, and instruments will be removed efficiently. | |
| 9 | Towards a new era of SPD: Electronic billing for daily necessities | Goods Management Division | We aim to upgrade conventional SPD operations and further digitalize them. | |
| 10 | Thin Ablation | Minimally Invasive Treatment Center | As doctors demonstrate the results of their three years of ablation training at other hospitals, nurses will also be able to carry out their duties more smoothly. | |
| 11 | My First Kenshin | Human resources department | For the health checkup at the time of employment, we will prepare detailed procedures and instructions for the health checkup so that new employees can undergo the checkup without any trouble. We will also reduce the burden on department staff to accompany and guide them. | |
| 12 | Low Vision Environment Improvement Team | Eye Center | We will hold training sessions for reception staff to learn how to guide visually impaired people, people with low vision, and people with eye diseases, and we will take measures to ensure that hospital receptionists are considerate of patients. | |
| 13 | Beauty Salon 7 ~Appearance care closer to you~ |
7 east | To ensure that appearance care is not just about setting up a corner, we will report on efforts to improve staff skills and patient care, and spread appearance care to all departments. | |
| 14 | Even if something unexpected happens, it's okay! | 7 east | In addition to improving staff knowledge about sudden changes, we also carry out improvements to the ward environment and supplies, and adjust the environment so that it is not a problem even if a sudden change occurs. | |
| 15 | Addition and Leakage Jar ~Bringing smiles to patients, families, and nurses~ |
7 east | As there are many patients who require discharge support, activities are carried out with the aim of improving knowledge and awareness of discharge support among staff. | |
| 16 | I want to show you my heart | 7 east | The hospitalization explanation will also be put on a USB. By being able to watch it immediately, patients will be able to learn about hospital life at an early stage, which will reduce anxiety, while also further reducing workload and improving efficiency. | |
| 17 | Aiming for compassionate radiation therapy nursing!! | Minimally Invasive Treatment Center | In order to ensure that treatment can be completed without reducing the patient's quality of life, we will arrange weekly meetings with patients to provide nursing support that is tailored to each individual patient. | |
| 18 | Aiming to increase satisfaction | 8 west | In cases where the hospitalization orientation is perceived as being insufficient, we will enrich the content of the orientation to make hospitalization as comfortable as possible. | |
| 19 | DS Carry | Pharmacy Department | We will take steps to reduce the workload of doctors and nurses and improve work efficiency for drugs that require special management, such as narcotics and muscle relaxants. | |
| 20 | Yatte Mill | Minimally Invasive Treatment Center | In order to quickly prepare and take over for emergency brain angiography, which is a race against time, we work closely with the emergency department to ensure that the examination can begin smoothly. | |
| 21 | Skin Mamoru | 9 east | By considering the causes of MDRPU caused by the use of urethral balloon catheters and planning and implementing countermeasures, we will be able to reduce the number of people experiencing MDRPU. | |
| 22 | RRR -What do we choose: time to stop or the risk of not checking? |
central operating room | Although a time-out is implemented before skin incision, to further ensure patient safety, we wondered whether it would be possible to incorporate a situation in which multiple professionals involved in the surgery could check the patient's safety (sign in) before anesthesia was administered. | Grand Prize |
| 23 | "I want to read! I want to know! I want to record!" ~We have begun standardizing support records~ |
Community Medicine Service Center |
Regarding the recording of patient support, we will standardize the recording method, create templates, and establish a standard culture, with the aim of promoting multi-disciplinary collaboration, making record-keeping more efficient, and improving the quality of consultation support. | Encouragement Award |
| 24 | Is it necessary or not? Correctly calculate the admission and discharge support surcharge! |
Community Medicine Service Center |
We will work to provide patients with the necessary support and ensure that medical fees are calculated correctly based on that support, taking into account medical interpretations and working to ensure consistency within the hospital. | |
| 25 | Supporting people to live their lives as they wish TEAM BATON PASS! |
Community Medicine Service Center |
Increasing the number of ward-based conferences will not only allow more patients to be discharged with peace of mind, but will also lead to an increase in the number of charges for the entire hospital. | |
| Nursing Department Admission and Discharge Promotion Committee 3G |
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| 26 | I won't lose! Aim to be the No. 1 in quick responses! | Community Medicine Service Center |
By providing speedy replies, we aim to be recognized by referring physicians as a "hospital with fast response times" and further strengthen collaboration and build relationships. | |
| 27 | Proper GPT | Community Medicine Service Center |
Regarding consent forms, which are managed centrally at the admission reception desk, 1) they will be shared with related departments to shorten the inquiry process, and 2) the information will be managed in electronic medical records so that it can be shared and used throughout the hospital. | |
| 28 | Patient information sheet☆Ver.up! ~KYK is our motto~ |
Community Medicine Service Center |
By changing the wording on the basic information form to simpler language, we will revise it so that it is easier for patients to fill out and easier for nurses to understand. | |
| 29 | The first step towards utilizing digital tools for diabetes treatment! | DM Support Team | The company aims to begin operating a cloud system for devices in order to provide patients with higher quality, customized medical care and to streamline the work of medical professionals. | |
| 30 | ONE TEAM ~Continue Care GO!~ | NICU/GCU | We will build a system that allows smooth cooperation between the NICU and GCU, make each other's nursing visible, and create a department that allows nursing to continue even after patients are transferred to another ward. | |
| 31 | Pediatric outpatient clinic leading to the future ~After COVID-19~ |
Outpatient Block B | Working together across multiple professions, we will review operations such as infection control measures, testing locations, the time required for testing, and task shifts, and carry out activities that will lead to customer and staff satisfaction. | Encouragement Award |
| 32 | Don't let me say it's not enough! Protecting babies' lives through inventory management |
NICU/GCU | Because it is a specialized department, there are many items that are overlooked, expired, or take a long time to be delivered due to the complicated management of goods. By managing goods without excess or shortage, we can ensure the safety of babies. | |
| 33 | Kitano MER | ICU | Currently, all rooms in the ICU are private, and we are working to adjust the environment to suit the needs of patients, aiming to improve the quality of nursing. | |
| 34 | Everything's ready! ~ Aiming for a comfortable medical environment ~ |
ICU | We will select and standardize the necessary items, allowing us to smoothly provide the necessary treatment and nursing care to patients, and will implement operational improvements that will lead to patient safety. | |
| 35 | Nutritionally Rich Team | ICU | We will work with other professions to create a system that will enable us to apply for early nutritional intervention management premiums. Early nutritional management intervention will lead to an environment where patients can receive better nutritional management. | |
| 36 | Season makers | Rehabilitation Department | The rooftop has been used as a place for outdoor walking training. By experiencing the sense of the seasons, which is often missing during hospital stays, the facility aims to create an environment that will increase patients' motivation to be active, brighten their moods, and stimulate their cognitive functions. | Excellence Award |
| 37 | Let's all be together and be happy | Clinical Laboratory Department | For outsourced request forms, we will be able to use only dedicated forms, which will reduce the effort required for the requesting department to fill out forms and the workload for our own department to check for missing information and make inquiries, and will also lead to resource conservation by reducing paper usage. | |
| 38 | Lost Time Review Team: Making the most of your limited time | Clinical Laboratory Department | Regarding test orders, we will make improvements so that the scope of the test can be determined based on the information alone, without having to confirm by phone each time, and we will work to ensure smooth processing. | |
| 39 | Wound Recoveries | Emergency Department | To ensure that wound healing progresses smoothly for emergency patients, we will improve the quality of guidance provided to patients before they return for follow-up visits, including guidance on daily living, and strive to improve patient services. | |
| 40 | Leave your skin problems to us! | 7 east | By applying for additional benefits correctly and without omissions, you can recognize the high-risk status of your patients and prevent bedsores.In addition, by increasing the number of additional benefit applications, we aim to contribute to reducing hospital costs. | |
| 41 | ☆Pushing Child☆ ~Perfect and ultimate cardiopulmonary resuscitation~ |
9 east | The aim is to improve cooperation in responding to emergencies, improve the quality of care, and reduce anxiety by accumulating experience. | |
| 42 | Properly! GTP | Medical Services Division | We are using "generative AI" to combat the numerous challenges that arise in daily work, and are seeking ways to increase efficiency with limited manpower and overcome the current difficult situation. | |
| 43 | Remake of the duty room ~ Aiming for a comfortable, good-sleeping, and lively environment ~ |
General Affairs Division | We will improve the environment in the on-call room, and aim to improve the work environment in a way that will lead to some reform in the way doctors work. | |
| 44 | I'll erase the overtime I worked last time with some time magic ♪ | NICU/GCU | We will take measures to reduce the time required to gather information before starting work. | Special Award |
| 45 | Fighting an invisible enemy ~9 East Infection Control Revenger~ |
9 east | We will take measures to raise staff awareness of infection control measures and increase the rate at which they disinfect their hands at appropriate times. | |
| 46 | Necessity Examination Team | 9 east | We aim to raise the awareness of each ward staff member regarding the necessity and recording, and to help them acquire correct knowledge. | |
| 47 | Easy-to-read monitor | 10 east | To ensure patient safety, we aim to make patient names displayed on monitors easy to see. | |
| 48 | Home oxygen that everyone knows | 10 east | Only nurses in Ward 10 East are able to provide guidance on home oxygen therapy, and nurses in Ward 10 East are dispatched to provide guidance to patients admitted to other wards. We aim to establish a system that allows for unified patient guidance outside Ward 10 East as well. | |
| 49 | Kidney life (life) 100 years era★ | Blood Purification Center | We will work to reduce the need for emergency care by ensuring that all patients receive the necessary guidance from nurse outpatients at the appropriate time. | |
| 50 | I want people to know more about PD! | Blood Purification Center | We will work to create an environment where hospitalized PD patients can receive proper examinations and treatment by strengthening cooperation with doctors and ward nurses, and to provide safe and secure treatment. | |
| 51 | Don't worry. I'm preparing. | Pediatrics/NICU | The goal is to enable anyone to perform procedures and enter electronic medical records for two cases: 1) emergency cesarean section, newborns born with severe asphyxia, and 2) cases of cardiac arrest on arrival at the hospital. | Excellence Award |
| 52 | SDGs (Summary 7 Days Goals) ~ Sustainable writing within 7 days ~ |
Medical Information Department | In a previous JCEP visit survey, there was a request to "consider a reminder system aimed at achieving a 100% discharge summary creation rate within one week of discharge," and so we are working to review reminder methods and confirm the importance of early creation. | |
| 53 | Easy and safe! Food allergies | Nutrition and Nursing Department | The dual management of paper and electronic documents has become a burden on both parties, making the process complicated and cumbersome. We aim to reduce the workload by unifying the process while ensuring the safety of food allergy management. | |
| 54 | Monitor Management Team | 13 west | In response to the incident involving monitor transfer, we will continue to take action to prevent similar incidents. | |
| 55 | Learn about initial responses in the event of a disaster | 13 west | In order to be able to respond initially in the event of an earthquake, multiple professions will work together to consider responses that are tailored to the special characteristics of each ward and will conduct simulations. | |
| 56 | 9th floor West Ward Financial Road | 9 west | The aim is for staff to understand that their nursing care is related to the hospital's management, and they work towards the goal of being able to recover the costs spent on patients without oversight. | |
| 57 | Electrical Safety Association | 9 west | We will review the storage methods for charging necessary equipment and organizing cords, etc., to ensure that things are kept tidy. | |
| 58 | A-Ka-Sa-T-Na | 9 west | We will review the management method for oral medication management boxes to prevent near misses when patients are moved to other rooms during hospitalization. | |
| 59 | Creating a safe and secure treatment room | 7 west | In treatment rooms that are not necessarily large enough for all patients, we will arrange items and improve the environment to create an environment where patients can receive treatment safely and with peace of mind. | |
| 60 | Laryngectomy pamphlet for men with laryngectomy | 12 east | A pamphlet created several years ago to be given to laryngectomy patients has now been created in an easy-to-understand and detailed format to ensure that patients do not have any difficulties living at home after being discharged from hospital. | |
| 61 | Towards a brighter future! Healthy teeth and mind - Become the person you want to be | 12 east | Multidisciplinary collaboration is necessary to provide continuous nursing care for postoperative patients. A nursing system must be established from pre-operative to post-operative to provide unified nursing care. | |
| 62 | Everyone is a CleanCrew | 10 west | We will work to improve the poor arrangement and organization of items, in the hope of reducing workload, tidying up wards, and raising awareness of item and cost management. | |
| 63 | Do you remember? Past incidents ~ Never forget your near misses ~ |
10 west | This will help establish the implementation of conferences in wards, develop the thinking skills of ward staff, and improve their ability to predict danger and their sense of responsibility. | |
| 64 | Personal Information Protection Team | 10 west | In the event of an incident involving the handling of records, this will lead to a change in awareness of personal information protection and an opportunity to reflect on one's own actions, leading to a reduction in incidents. | |
| 65 | Be clear and focus your attention | 10 west | The number of incidents has increased this year. We will work to improve the lack of concentration while preparing IV drips. | |
| 66 | PD Education Review Team | 10 west | As a specialized ward, we will work with the purification center to provide safe and secure treatment to PD patients. | |
| 67 | Don't outsource | Facilities Division | When improving facilities and installing equipment within the hospital, we will make sure to do everything we can ourselves and strive to reduce hospital expenses. | |
| 68 | What to do with handwriting | Nursing Directors Association Medical Clerk Division |
In preparation for a situation where we may suddenly be forced to use handwritten medical records, we will also review the handwritten operation manuals for outpatient and ward use, and establish a system that will allow all staff to respond on an ongoing basis. | |
| 69 | Smart information | Public Relations Division | We will plan and implement various measures to make it easier and more efficient for staff to collect and utilize information, contributing to improving the efficiency of operations at Kitano Hospital as a whole. | |
| 70 | Kitano TTT | 13 east | We will verify whether the bed exit sensors are truly able to ensure safety and whether they are causing unnecessary restraints. | |
| 71 | Reshaping the plastic surgery room | 12 east | We will look at the entire plastic surgery room, identify areas for improvement, and review the room to ensure better rounds. |
| No. | Team Name | Department | Activity theme (overview) | result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ～Next challenge!!～ Task shifting from nurses to nursing assistants |
central operating room | Review of nurse duties and task shift to nursing assistants following relocation of ophthalmology operating room | Special Award |
| 2 | Crutch Manager | Outpatient D | Regarding crutch management in outpatient clinics, we will establish a system to lend out crutches without any defects. | |
| 3 | Infection route cutting team!!! | 9 east | We will prepare and implement items according to the route of infection in order to reduce the number of new infections and outbreaks. | |
| 4 | Get away from being a jack-of-all-trades!! Practice of "Delegating and Collaborating" |
Outpatient B | Activities that clarify the roles of each job type, and focus on improving work efficiency and cooperation and collaboration with other job types. | |
| 5 | Reassuring Squad | 12 east | Review of postoperative instruction pamphlets | |
| 6 | The Magnificent Squad | Emergency Department | We will establish a system that allows for the proper placement of items and the proper management of items, taking into account traffic flow, in order to ensure safety and improve work efficiency. | |
| 7 | Let's all work together to prevent needle removal problems! | Blood Purification Center | Multidisciplinary professionals and patients work together to prevent needle removal issues. | Excellence Award |
| 8 | We're OpeTubers | central operating room | Convert manuals from written to video and establish tasks and procedures. | Grand Prize |
| 9 | Proper medication management team!! | 8 west | Establish rules and procedures for oral medication carts to ensure safer oral medication management. | |
| 10 | Miss Universe | 9 east | Analyze falls and improve prevention methods. | |
| 11 | To you who are full of anxiety, | 7 east | By having patients watch individual orientations on the TV in their rooms, we aim to improve operations, patient satisfaction, and infection control. | Encouragement Award |
| 12 | New ICU: Aiming for a better treatment environment!! | ICU | The ICU is scheduled to be relocated and expanded this fall. Activities are underway to create a safer and more secure treatment environment. | |
| 13 | SBGs ～Sustainable Buppinkanri Goals～ |
Laboratory tests | We will review the appropriate amounts of reagents and other items and the method of managing them, leading to reduced material loss and more efficient management efforts. | Excellence Award |
| 14 | Sa'steri'nable activities | 12 east | Review of management methods for sterilized medical equipment | |
| 15 | Operating Room SDGs! | central operating room | Identifying surgical equipment that is repeatedly sent out for repair, and investigating the causes and solutions | |
| 16 | Ensure proper storage of medicines! | Drugs | When transporting injection carts, make it easy to see at a glance which medicines require special storage. | |
| 17 | Ophthalmology 1st year class C | Eye Center | Creating a system to prevent pupil dilation mistakes | |
| 18 | Emergency Squad | 9 east | Improving skills for responding to emergencies | |
| 19 | Low Vision Environment Improvement Team | ophthalmology | Environmental improvements that take into consideration visually impaired people, people with low vision, and patients who temporarily have difficulty seeing due to eye diseases. | |
| 20 | Kita Reha MAP ~New Map~ | rehabilitation | Activities to stabilize the number of users of home rehabilitation services | |
| 21 | I'll stop the nosebleed! | 12 east | Standardization of emergency response to patients with pharyngeal bleeding and nosebleeds and assistance during ENT rounds | |
| 22 | Team Magnetics | Radiology Department | Responding to sudden changes in the special environment of high magnetic fields will be carried out jointly with the MRI room and FUS room, which share a common environment. | |
| 23 | Team CONEXTION | 9 east | By creating a tool for collaboration with doctors, unnecessary posting of notices and telephone contact will be eliminated, leading to a reduction in workload. | |
| 24 | Document Management Master | Improvement Promotion Office | Building an effective document management method | |
| 25 | clean up! | 9 east | By reducing the number of notices posted on the CIS, we will be able to manage information appropriately. | |
| 26 | Hifu Mamoru Team! | 9 east | We will change the way we indicate those with pressure ulcers and MDRPUs to make them easier for staff to see. | |
| 27 | Departure Squad | 10 west | By visualizing day and night shifts, we can clarify who is working and who is not, and work to reduce overtime work. | Encouragement Award |
| 28 | Add up to 3000 points | central operating room | Regarding the energy device addition (3000 points), Review the system to allow selection of equipment and surgical procedures eligible for additional charges. |
Encouragement Award |
| 29 | Eat well and get dialysis | Blood Purification Center | We are creating a system that can provide patients with safe and delicious meals by shortening the time it takes for them to return to their room after dialysis. | Special Award |
| 30 | The medical vehicle will be sent for inspection. | 12 east | Review of inventory management for plastic surgery carts |
| No. | Team Name | Department | Activity theme (overview) | result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ①Soft Nurse® Are You Really Beautiful? |
central operating room | Quantify and visualize organic contamination and bacteria on surfaces in the operating room environment. Examination of the optimal wiping method for operating room environmental surfaces - Proposal of an effective and efficient disinfectant - |
Grand Prize |
| 1' | ②Soft Nurse® Are You Really Beautiful? Environment Edition |
central operating room | 〃 | |
| 2 | Isodine Reduction Squad | central operating room | From the perspective of preventing skin disorders, SSI countermeasures, and cost management, we will investigate the usage of 10% Popilar disinfectant in the central operating room and consider its future use. | |
| 3 | It's back! "Three Tsuru" Innovation | central operating room | Efforts to eliminate equipment damage caused by human error. | |
| 4 | A bridge from ICU to discharge | ICU | By setting goals for discharge while patients are still in the ICU, we act as a bridge to support their return to society. | |
| 5 | Connections from the diary that connect memories | ICU | The ICU diary, which is written to fill in the gaps in memories from the patient's stay in the ICU, has been spread throughout the hospital, and connections have been made with many people from other professions. | |
| 6 | Quickly patrol! | 9 east | Initiatives to speed up round start times. | |
| 7 | Jimu Circle | Administration Department | Improve the level of contract management. | |
| 8 | Molenaars | rehabilitation | We are working to address information security incidents, such as carrying personal information around, sending transfer summaries to the wrong hospital, and not discarding printed materials left on printers. | |
| 9 | Put a pump in your pocket | Chemotherapy Center | The goal is to miniaturize the infuser pump used in colon cancer treatment so that it can fit in a pocket. | |
| 10 | The accurate weight measurement team!! | Blood Purification Center | Eliminate weight measurement errors. | Encouragement Award |
| 11 | RRSH | Pathology | The aim is to improve the adverse effects on the environment and human body caused by the continued use of harmful chemicals. | |
| 12 | Low Vision Environment Improvement Team | ophthalmology | We will improve the environment to accommodate visually impaired people, people with low vision, and patients who have temporary difficulty seeing due to eye diseases. | |
| 13 | Lost Item Removal Team! | Radiology Department | Regarding cases of items being left behind after CT scans, the department will consider improvement measures and use them to improve operations in the future. | |
| 14 | Quick return team | rehabilitation | We aim to improve the efficiency of operations throughout the rehabilitation department. | |
| 15 | Phone Call Team | Outpatient B | Improvements aimed at reducing the time it takes to answer calls. | |
| 16 | Mr. Rheumatism! Welcome to Block D |
Outpatient D | With the relocation of the Rheumatology and Collagen Disease Department to Block D, we are making adjustments to the environment, adjusting the placement of nurses, and adjusting work hours in response to increased overtime hours. | |
| 17 | Blood Collectors | Laboratory Technician Department | No more confusion! Everything you need to know about the blood collection area ~ Aiming to be a patient-friendly Kitano Hospital ~ |
Excellence Award |
| 18 | 3C | Medical Affairs Division | In the pediatric field, proper medical fee claims are made in accordance with the rules, and work efficiency is improved (resulting in a reduction in overtime). | Encouragement Award |
| 19 | Kitano's Challenge to the Sky | Medical Services Division | We will absorb the high level of customer service provided by ANA Concierge, improve the patient service skills of our staff, and increase customer satisfaction. | |
| 20 | Go ahead! Simple Kenda-kun | Pharmacy Department | The pharmacy and nursing departments will work together to safely carry out simple suspension. | |
| 21 | Team DI | Pharmacy Department | A project to improve packaging paper carried out by the Drug Information Management Office. | |
| 22 | It's time~ Preventing blood loss |
Clinical Laboratory Department | We will raise awareness about the reception times for samples that cannot be submitted outside of business hours and take measures to prevent the waste of collected samples. | |
| 23 | Reduce overtime and take coffee breaks | Cardiac Arrhythmia | Efforts are being made to reduce the burden on patients and staff overtime by introducing telemedicine for outpatient cardiac implant devices, shortening waiting times by streamlining outpatient operations, and reducing the number of outpatient visits. | Excellence Award |
| 24 | Bedside 5S Activities (tentative) | 11 west | By creating a good bedside environment, accidents such as falls can be prevented. | |
| 25 | Tsunagari Project | 7 east | Initiatives related to staff development in the department. | |
| 26 | Document Recommendation | rehabilitation | As a department, we will once again check the various documents in the Rehabilitation Department to ensure consistency of information written on them, to make corrections to the content over time, and to ensure that the dates of creation and submission are strictly adhered to. | Encouragement Award |
| No. | Team Name | Department | Activity theme (overview) | result |
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| 1 | Protect | Pathology | This initiative clarifies procedures for managing the concentration of waste reagents that violate the Water Pollution Control Act, and aims to "protect laws and water quality." | Excellence Award |
| 2 | Keiji Lambo | General Affairs Division, etc. | An effort to reduce the number of notices posted within the hospital as much as possible and to review the current situation so that notices can be managed effectively. | Excellence Award |
| 3 | 2020 "Three Cranes" Innovation | central operating room | This initiative aims to reduce costs by eliminating unnecessary equipment management, using reused items for a long period of time, and making items that can be used by all departments easier to use. | Excellence Award |
| 4 | Karinto Manjus | ICU | Preoperative observation is conducted for patients who will be admitted to the ICU after surgery, with the aim of reducing anxiety. Efforts to evaluate from the patient's perspective, grasp their needs, and lead to improvements. |
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| 5 | Eyeball Dad | Safety Division | Every day, inpatients leave the hospital or ward without permission. We are working to prevent this from happening, by coordinating with each ward and taking measures in line with the flow of patients and staff. | |
| 6 | Ikiiki Circle | 14 east | This initiative focuses on "care prevention" and involves daily intervention with the goal of "maintaining the same quality of life as before hospitalization" so that patients can continue to play their social roles even after being discharged from the hospital. | |
| 7 | Low Vision Environment Improvement Team | Ophthalmology etc. | This initiative aims to improve the visibility of text on information signs and other materials to ensure that visually impaired people, people with low vision, and patients with conditions such as cataracts and retinal hemorrhage that temporarily impair vision can use the hospital safely, securely, and comfortably. | |
| 8 | SZI | rehabilitation | During bedside rehabilitation, ward rehabilitation, etc., equipment taken out of the department is often lost or damaged, so we are working to create rules and systems to reduce the effort required for searches and the costs of repairs. | |
| 9 | STOP THE BAKURO | Chemotherapy Center | This initiative aims to ensure that staff involved in chemotherapy have the correct knowledge about exposure so that they can carry out their work safely, and also to enable them to provide necessary guidance to patients and their families. | |
| 10 | Do you like beautiful foreign places? | Block A | Block A is a busy area where 700 patients visit daily. Nurses and administrative staff work together to review the environment, share knowledge, and standardize it, all in an effort to provide a clean and safe environment. | |
| 11 | Team NLA (Susumu) | 7 west | Eliminates shortages and replenishment/check work in the treatment room of Ward 7 West, which is a small operating room. N: Nurses and L: Logistics (logistics) are both working together to "A! Don't panic!" |
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| 12 | That's right, Kitano, let's go | NICU | We will create a system and structure that will allow obstetricians to trust Kitano Hospital in tense situations where they have to decide to transport a newborn, with doctors saying, "Yes, let's go to Kitano," or "If newborn transportation is necessary, I would like to refer patients to Kitano Hospital next time." | Grand Prize |
| 13 | PorlyR-ism | Pharmacy Department | This is an initiative to advocate for reducing polypharmacy, as taking multiple medications can increase the incidence of adverse events. | |
| 14 | Sorry to keep you waiting, for you | Blood Purification Center | The operation of performing punctures in the order of reception has caused various issues. By reviewing the culture and environment of "starting dialysis early," we are working to provide a safe and comfortable treatment environment for patients and staff. | Excellence Award |
| 15 | Smart and Smooth | D Block | To ensure smooth outpatient visits before hospitalization for patients undergoing surgery, we are reviewing cumbersome procedures such as providing guidance and preparing documents for outpatient visits, coordinating with the admission and discharge support center, and providing information about tests, and are working to improve pre-operative consultations so that they can be carried out efficiently. | |
| 16 | Child QQ Brothers | Pediatrics | In the field of pediatrics, opportunities to deal with emergency cases such as shock and CPA are extremely limited. This initiative aims to create a team that can respond quickly to pediatric emergency cases so that when a case actually arises, they can respond without panicking. | |
| 17 | Welcome to 12 East ♪ | 12 east | Due to the complicated nature of the ward's admission and discharge procedures, new patients often have to wait. We are working to ensure a smooth admission process so that patients can start their hospital stay at our hospital on a good note. | |
| 18 | Confirm instructions and eliminate patient misidentification ~Team Siesta's Challenge~ |
ophthalmology | Ophthalmology outpatient clinics have a large number of patients and perform up to 20 types of special tests, so the types of professionals involved and the testing process are complex. This initiative aims to provide safe medical care by streamlining the process from consultation to surgery. | |
| 19 | Children's Future Kidney Reinforcements | Pediatrics | This is an effort to establish a system that unifies the medical services within the department and allows for collaborative follow-up with referring physicians, in order to gain the trust of clinics that treat children, who will then refer patients to Kitano Hospital if further examination of suspected kidney disease is required. | |
| 20 | Shortening emergency stay time | Emergency Department | The length of time emergency patients spend in hospital is increasing. By analyzing the current situation and improving the amount of time required for procedures and treatment during their stay, we aim to reduce the number of unmet demands and the burden on patients, and improve patient satisfaction. | |
| 21 | Returning it to you team☆彡 | General Affairs Division | How can we return items left behind in the hospital to their owners? Efforts to create rules and implement standards. |
Excellence Award |
