ucent change in procedure 7.3 The Apheresis Unit at Monum ocedures and the manager is concerned abou is. The unit recently brought in a consultant to fo needs. The unit res + Monument Health is experiencing an increasing demand for its concerned about the impact of this growth on staffing ht in a consultant to forecast demand and develop work. brocedure. The standard workload hours and annual forecasted own in Table EX 7.3. Indirect support time is 0.15 hours per me is 0.15 hours per procedure and tive hours for all staff average 7.5 hours per day. The target utilization rate stand the allowance factor for fringe benefits is 9.8 percent. load standards for each procedure volume are shown in Table EX total administrative hours for all is 75 percent and the allowa Table EX 7.3 Standard Hours 3.495 Volume 2.59 Procedure Photopheresis RBC Exchange Plasmapheresis Stem Cell Leukopheresis Platelet Exchange 2.71 7.38 833 64.5 310 448 16.5 3. 3653 a. Calculate the standard hours per month for the nurse FTEs running the Apheresis Unit. b. Determine the target nursing staff level for the Apheresis Unit, accounting for fringe benefits. The unit's nurse manager is considering purchasing new Cell-Ex equipment, which would reduce the standard procedure time for photopheresis by 80 minutes and stem cell procedure time by 210 minutes. Determine the reduction in the target nursing start level for the Apheresis Unit, accounting for fringe benefits, if the Cell-Ex equip- ment is purchased. tavamination processing of