Improving Utilization of the Chemotherapy Unit through Implementing the Medication Early Release Project.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The outpatient oncology infusion unit is very busy, serving 60 to 70 patients per day. Due to a limited number of nurses, treatment chairs, only one pharmacy hood for bio-hazardous drug preparation, and other factors, patients wait a long time before starting their treatment, which affects the patient experience negatively. We conducted a quality improvement project to reduce the waiting time before starting the treatment, improve the patients' experience, and allow the unit to work more effectively through better resource utilization and accommodating more patients.

Methods

A committee was formed with representatives from oncology nursing and the quality specialist, chemotherapy pharmacy supervisor, data manager, and a medical consultant (team leader). We studi

SUBMITTER: Alzahrani M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10887478 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature