Applied Sciences, 2018 Defects are considered as one of the wastes in manufacturing systems that negatively affect the delivery times, cost and quality of products leading to manufacturing companies facing a critical situation with the customers and to not comply with the IPC ...
Arturo Realyvásquez-Vargas +3 more
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Application of the Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle in Reducing the Incidence of Dysphagia in Oral Cancer Patients After Radical Surgery [PDF]
Journal of Multidisciplinary HealthcareZe-Ying Hu, Ling-Nv Xie, Guan-Mian Liang, Lan-Ying Qiu, Hang Gao, Jian-Wen Hou Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310022, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Jian-Wen Hou, Department of Head and Neck ...
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Applied SciencesThe automotive industry is increasingly focused on waste management, elimination, and reduction to achieve sustainability and cost reduction. This focus drives the industry towards resource-efficient operations that minimize environmental impact while ...
Miguel-Ángel Rangel-Sánchez +7 more
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Effectiveness of Plan-Do-Check-Act Approach in Improving Patient Satisfaction and Quality of Care in Parenteral Iron Deficiency Treatment [PDF]
Global Journal on Quality and Safety in HealthcareIntroduction Given the high incidence of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in Saudi Arabia, this quality improvement research project was initiated to improve patient care by establishing an intravenous (IV) iron administration room with the use of two cycles
Rehab Y. Al-Ansari +8 more
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Practical Application of Plan–Do–Check–Act Cycle for Quality Improvement of Sustainable Packaging: A Case Study [PDF]
Applied Sciences, 2020 The research aims to give practical instructions for applying Plan–Do–Check–Act (PDCA) cycle in a packaging process. Eco-friendly, recycled material and a new packaging method for quality improvement and cost efficiency of heavily fragile product ...
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Improvement of hand hygiene compliance in a private hospital using the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) method. [PDF]
Pak J Med Sci, 2019 Objective: Improving the compliance to hand hygiene in healthcare providers is important to reduce healthcare-associated infections. This study aimed to compare the compliance rate before and after the improvement of compliance to hand hygiene. Methods: In this study 270 of the 348 medical staff working in a 61-bed private hospital was observed.
Demirel A.
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Revisions of clinical protocols using the Plan Do Check Act cycle improved outcomes of extremely preterm infants at 2 years [PDF]
Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, 2021 Osuke Iwata, Kennosuke Tsuda
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Enhancing Ergonomics Practices Using Plan, Do, Check, Act cycle in Clinical Laboratories. [PDF]
EJIFCCMusculoskeletal injuries may be directly caused by workplace practices such as poor posture, high frequency static muscle work, repetitive motion and forced exertion. Healthcare professionals are more likely to be exposed to common risk factors related to the nature of their work requiring repetitive tasks, insufficient breaks and long stressful ...
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Application of PDCA cycle management for postgraduate medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic
BMC Medical Education, 2021 Background The COVID-19 outbreak has exerted an enormous impact on various industries worldwide. During this pandemic, clinical teaching hospitals have faced unprecedented challenges regarding the management of postgraduate medical students since ...
Shixian Gu +6 more
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Internal Logistics Process Improvement using PDCA: A Case Study in the Automotive Sector
Business Systems Research, 2022 Background: The Plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle methodology for a continuous improvement project implementation aims for the internal logistics upgrade, which is especially important in the industrial context of a component manufacturing company for the ...
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