Application of joint commission international standard combined with 6S management mode in the management of emergency medical equipment

Abstract

The medical instruments used in the emergency department have a wide coverage and prominent importance. The study was aimed to observe the effect of joint commission international (JCI) standard combined with 6S management mode in emergency medical equipment.Medical equipment and nursing staff in the emergency department of our hospital were the subjects of the research. We compared the management status (standard placement, good cleaning, good maintenance, complete records) of medical equipment after the application of JCI standard combined with 6S management mode was compared with that before the application. Working time associated with medical equipment, equipment repair ratio, nurses' satisfaction with medical equipment use and management were also compared.After the application of JCI standard combined with 6S management mode, the proportion of instances meeting standards for placement, cleaning, maintenance, and record‐keeping was higher than before the application (p < 0.05), the time of instrument acquisition was significantly lower than before the application (p < 0.001), the proportion of instrument repair was lower than before application (p < 0.05), and the proportion of nurses satisfied with the use and management of the instrument was higher than before (p < 0.05). There was no statistical difference in instrument cleaning time, instrument maintenance time and environmental management time after the application of JCI standard combined with 6S management mode compared with before application (p > 0.05).JCI standard combined with 6S management mode can standardize the use of emergency medical instruments, reduce the risk of instrument damage, increase work efficiency, improve nurses' satisfaction with medical instrument management, and are therefore worthy of clinical application.