LOW-COST, EASY-TO-ASSEMBLE NEONATAL PROCEDURAL TRAINERS: CHEST TUBE, PERICARDIOCENTESIS, AND EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION

Low-Cost, Easy-to-Assemble Neonatal Procedural Trainers: Chest Tube, Pericardiocentesis, and Exchange Transfusion

Abstract This resource presents three task-training models for critical neonatal intensive care procedures: chest tube insertion, Cooler Glasses exchange transfusion, and pericardiocentesis.Practicing in a simulated environment has many advantages when the procedure is rarely encountered and of a critical, high-risk nature.Commercially produced mod

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A Proposed Lean Six Sigma-Based Approach for Prioritizing the Impactful Improvement Areas: The Packaging Industry

This study aims to introduce and evaluate the Waste, Technical Characteristics, and Root Causes of Failure modes (WCFM) approach, a methodology grounded in Lean and Six Sigma principles, for enhancing operational efficiency and product quality in modern manufacturing systems.The purpose of this work is to develop a structured prioritization framewo

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