General Hospital wants to set the standard time for lab technicians to pour a tube specimen using MTM.

APPROACH c This is a repetitive task for which the MTM data in Table 10.3 may be used to develop standard times. The sample tube is in a rack and the centrifuge tubes in a nearby box. A technician removes the sample tube from the rack, uncaps it, gets the centrifuge tube, pours, and places both tubes in the rack

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TABLE 10.3 MTM-HC Analysis: Pouring Tube Specimen* ELEMENT DESCRIPTION ELEMENT TIME Get tube from rack AA2 35 Uncap, place on counter AAZ 35 Get centrifuge tube, place at sample tube AD2 45 Pour (3 sec) Place tubes in rack (simo) PT PC2 83 40 Total TMU 238 .0006 x 238 = Total standard minutes = .143 or about 8.6 seconds *Source: Journal of Methods-Time Measurement, 12:43. Used with permission of the MTM Association for Standards and Research.