Survey Answers

In response to our last question, What part of your job is most time consuming? our results were as follows:

Supervisors answered:

• 27% of responses cited personnel problems or employee issues

"Dealing with the employee issues: evaluations, staffing, training, etc."

"Actions for problem personnel."

"Following up with staff on concerns.... scheduling, time off, rumors, discipline..."

• 20% cited maintaining inventory and/or instrument losses:

"Hands on inventory control."

"Constantly looking for missing instruments and trays that have been incorrectly labeled or stored."

• 13% said training:

"Education training of new staff due to high rate of turnover and the lack of trained technicians in the job market...."

"Training staff members outside the Sterile Processing area...."

• Some other comments included the following statements:
  

"Continuous Quality Improvement"

"Attending meetings..."

"Reading e-mails..."

Technicians answered:

• 33% of Techs said storeroom and/or inventory

"Taking inventory of the med/surg floor carts"

"storeroom, just trying to learn the set-up and the inventory for getting the supplies to the floor..."

• Another 33% of Techs said paperwork

"teaching and paperwork take up most of my time..."

"most time consuming is the paperwork in this position (team leader)..."

• Some other comments included the following statements:

"Cleaning difficult instruments"

"Everything!"

Our thanks to all those who responded.  

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