Spaghetti — Nurse Motion Study, Acute Ward
Night-shift round for two nurses on a 24-metre acute ward: 211 m walked over 24 legs with 13 route crossings, and moving the clean store and the drugs cupboard beside the nurse base takes 44.8 m — 21% of the walking — out of the round.
Make it your own.
title "Nurse motion study — ward B, night shift"
scale 1m = 26px
room "Ward B" 24m x 14m
# The two supply rooms sit at opposite ends of the ward — the layout
# every ward inherits, and the reason the round looks like this.
zone "Clean store" at 0.6,5.5 size 3.4x3
zone "Nurse base" at 8,6 size 4x2.5
zone "Meds room" at 19.5,5.5 size 3.9x3
station Base at 10,7.2
station "Clean store" at 2.3,7
station Meds at 21.4,7
station Sluice at 22,12.5
station Bed1 at 3,2
station Bed2 at 8,2
station Bed3 at 13,2
station Bed4 at 18,2
station Bed5 at 3,12
station Bed6 at 8,12
station Bed7 at 13,12
station Bed8 at 18,12
path "Nurse A" : Base -> "Clean store" -> Bed1 -> Base -> Meds -> Bed3 -> Base -> Sluice -> Bed6 -> Base -> "Clean store" -> Bed2 -> Base
path "Nurse B" colour: amber : Base -> Meds -> Bed8 -> Base -> "Clean store" -> Bed5 -> Base -> Meds -> Bed7 -> Base -> Sluice -> Bed4 -> Base
scenario "After 5S relayout"
# Only the things that moved need restating; the round is inherited.
zone "Clean store" at 5.2,6 size 2.6x2.5
zone "Meds room" at 12.4,6 size 2.6x2.5
station "Clean store" at 6.5,7.2
station Meds at 13.7,7.2