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.
Further categories of waste arising from industrial and commercial activities include hazardous waste (small in quantity but requiring special treatment) and commercial and demolition waste (large quantities - estimated at 72.5 million tonnes in 1999 - but largely