
280 Leveraging Lean in Ancillary Hospital Services
you can’t move to point of use inventory, you should work to streamline the “order to delivery pro-
cess.” These should be considered interim solutions.
The ideal state would be to have whatever routine medications, even narcotics, in or near each
patient room. They would be in a locked cabinet with combination locks. If this could not be accom-
plished, the next step would be ...