LSSGB: What type of waste is “nurse transporting patients to x-ray room”?

OPTIONS

• Overproduction
• Motion
• Radiation
• Underutilization

ANSWER

Underutilization

EXPLANATION

When people are doing some work that could be done by lower skill people, it would fall into underutilization type of waste. An example would be a nurse transporting patients to x-ray room; this could very well be done by a med tech.