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Pelle Jørgensen1, Peter Jacobsen1, Jørgen Hjelm Poulsen2

  • 1a DTU Management Engineering, Technical University of Denmark , Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.

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Area of Science:

  • Healthcare logistics
  • Operations research
  • Simulation modeling

Background:

  • Hospital internal logistics, particularly for processes like blood sample transportation, present significant challenges.
  • Optimizing these logistics is crucial for efficient patient care and laboratory turnaround times.
  • Simulation modeling offers a powerful tool for evaluating and improving complex logistical systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and utilize a simulation model to enhance the logistics of the morning blood-taking round at a Danish hospital.
  • To evaluate the impact of different transportation methods on blood sample logistics.
  • To identify the optimal resource allocation for each tested scenario.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a simulation model for the hospital's morning blood-taking round.
  • Evaluation of four distinct transportation scenarios: Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs), pneumatic tube system, on-demand porters, and scheduled porters.
  • Analysis of average waiting time (AWT) and maximum waiting time (MWT) for blood samples, alongside arrival distribution at the laboratory.

Main Results:

  • All tested scenarios demonstrated potential for improving blood sample transportation logistics.
  • The pneumatic tube system showed the greatest improvement, reducing AWT by approximately 36% and MWT by 18%.
  • Most scenarios resulted in a more even distribution of blood sample arrivals at the laboratory, except for the scheduled porter system.

Conclusions:

  • Implementing new technologies for blood sample transportation offers substantial logistical benefits.
  • The pneumatic tube system is the most promising solution for reducing blood sample waiting times and improving laboratory arrival distribution.
  • The hospital decided to implement a pneumatic tube system based on the simulation study's findings.