collections of stem cells and autologous therapeutic cells rose by 23% to an all time high of 106 collections in one month. The average number of individual patients per week rose from 8.7 (standard deviation 2.4) to 11.2 (standard deviation 1.8). Nursing safety standards were not exceeded, and management involvement in resolving scheduling conflicts dropped from two requests per week to one in two months. Conclusion: By changing apheresis scheduling method to day one scheduling only, we were able to increase throughput without having to make any additional adjustments to resources. The clearer format resulted in increased staff satisfaction with the scheduling process. This change represented a paradigm shift from previous scheduling models, and has yielded a major improvement in use of resources. Additionally, it provides a dynamic tool to support evaluation of facility utilization to meet future demand.
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