An orthopedic surgeon specializes in three types of surgery—hip, knee, and ankle replacements. The surgery mix is 40% hip replacements, 50% knee replacement, and 10% ankle replacement. Partial bills of materials for each type of surgery are as follows:

a. In the next week, she is scheduled to do five hip replacements, three knee replacements, and one ankle replacement. How many surgical kits and part packages of each type should the hospital have available next week?

b. How many total pints of blood are needed next week?

c. Design a “mistake-proof” system to ensure each patient gets the correct blood type.

d. What are the implications of a shortage (stock out) of a surgical kit or part package discovered several hours before the operation? What if a part package has a missing part that is not discovered until surgery begins?

Transcribed Image Text:

Hip Replacement Surgical Kit's #203 & # 428 Hip Part Package #A Patient's Blood Type - 6 pints Knee Replacement Surgical Kit #203 Ankle Replacement Patient's Blood Type - 4 pints Surgical Kit #108 Knee Part Package #V Ankle Part Package #P Patient's Blood Type - 3 pints