The Dahlia Medical Center has 32 labor rooms, 20 combination labor and delivery

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The Dahlia Medical Center has 32 labor rooms, 20 combination labor and delivery rooms, and 5 delivery rooms. All of these facilities operate around the clock. Time spent in labor rooms varies from hours to days, with an average of about a day. The average uncomplicated delivery requires about one hour in the delivery room. The average time in a combination labor-delivery room is about 24 hours. During an exceptionally busy three-day period, 96 healthy babies were born at Dahlia Medical Center. 64 babies were born in separate labor and delivery rooms and 32 were bor in combined labor and delivery rooms. Which of the facilities (labor rooms, combination labor and delivery rooms, or delivery rooms) had the greatest utilization rate? The I had the highest utilization rate of %. (Enter your response as a percent rounded to two decimal places.) combination labor and delivery rooms labor rooms delivery rooms

Explanation / Answer

To be calculated:

Highest utilization rate among the available facilities

Given values:

Number of labor rooms = 32

Number of combined labor and delivery rooms = 20

Number of delivery rooms = 5

Average time in labor rooms = 1 day = 24 hours

Average time in delivery room = 1 hour

Average time in a combined labor-delivery room = 24 hours

Total number of babies born in 3-day period = 96

Number of babies in separate labor and delivery rooms = 64

Number of babies in combined labor and delivery rooms = 32

Solution:

1) Labour Room

Maximum capacity = Number of rooms x Number of hours per day x Number of days

Maximum capacity = 32 rooms x 24 hours x 3 days

Maximum capacity = 2304

Utilization = (Actual output / Maximum capacity) x 100

Utilization = (64 babies x 24 hours / 2304) x 100

Utilization of labour room = 66.67%

2) Delivery Room

Maximum capacity = 5 rooms x 24 hours x 3 days

Maximum capacity = 360

Utilization = (Actual output / Maximum capacity) x 100

Utilization = (64 babies x 1 hour / 360) x 100

Utilization of delivery room = 17.78%

3) Combined Labor and Delivery Room

Maximum capacity = 20 rooms x 24 hours x 3 days

Maximum capacity = 1440

Utilization = (Actual output / Maximum capacity) x 100

Utilization = (32 babies x 24 hours / 1440) x 100

Utilization of combined labor and delivery room = 53.33%

Answer: The labor rooms had the highest utilization of 66.67%

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