Optimisation of the structure of the clinical laboratory

G.G. van Merode; M. Oosten; O.J. Vrieze; J. Derks; A. Hasman

doi:10.1016/S0377-2217(97)00238-5

Optimisation of the structure of the clinical laboratory

G.G. van Merode^*, M. Oosten, O.J. Vrieze, J. Derks, A. Hasman

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Abstract

In many clinical laboratories span of control problems make it necessary to divide the clinical laboratory into sections (departments, job shops). A section is in fact a set of workstations where tests are performed on samples. A mathematical programming model is described which clusters workstations in such way that the maximum idle time of staff in staff assignment periods is minimized. An example demonstrates the usefulness of the approach.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	308-316
Number of pages	9
Journal	European Journal of Operational Research
Volume	105
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-2217(97)00238-5
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 1998

Keywords

optimisation
stochastic processes
production
organisation
health services

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