Acute care is a level of health care in. which a patient is treated for a brief but. severe episode of illness,for conditions. that are the result of disease or trauma, and during recovery from surgery. Acute. care is generally provided in a hospital. by a variety of clinical personnel using.
Under the lean manufacturing system, seven wastes are identified: overproduction, inventory, motion, defects, over-processing, waiting, and transport. Overproduction. The most serious of the wastes, overproduction can cause all other types of wastes and results in excess inventory.
The seven types of waste are: Corrections; Overproduction; Movement of material or information; Motion of operators; Waiting; Inventory or other resources that are not being used; Processing; Overproduction. Overproduction is when you make too much of something or you perform too much of a service for some one.