2013 Volume 50 Issue 1 Pages 104-109
Aim: The purpose of this study is to consider the influence which the form of tube feeding nutrition products has on meal delivery operating man-hours, personnel expense, and the quality of nursing. In addition, it is also considers operational efficiency improvement.
Methods: We used liquid nutrition material packaged in a paper container before we changed the nutrition product. After the change of the nutrition product, semi-solid nutrition with ready to hang (RTH) moderately viscous nutrition was used. We investigated the tube feeding administrative task and the contents of nursing using the Industry Engineering technique.
Results: We were able to reduce by half the man-hours required for 1 morning tube feeding in 238.1 minutes to 106.1 minutes by changing to RTH semi-solid nutrition. Thereby, we were able to reduce personnel expenses by 514,290 yen per month. The total man-hours which could be spent on nursing increased to 170 from 139.
Conclusions: By using the RTH semi-solid nutrition with moderate viscosity, the operating efficiency of tube feeding management has improved greatly. As a result, the time which can be spent on nursing increased.
