CASE STUDY
UC Irvine Medical Center
The University of California, Irvine Medical Center (UCIMC) is a major research hospital located in Orange, California. It is the teaching center for the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine.
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Beds = 388
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Inpatient Surgeries = 5,895
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Outpatient Surgeries = 6,021
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OR Suites = 20
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Vendors Wearing Scrubs Daily = 14
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Vendors Wearing Scrubs in Population = 452
Business Challenge
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452 vendors wearing scrubs made it difficult to enforce UCI’s scrub policy with all vendors
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Compliance, security, and infection control issues concerned leadership:
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Vendors wore scrubs from home or other hospitals
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Vendors wore the same color scrub as hospital staff making it difficult to identify them
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Vendors left with UCI scrubs leading to higher scrub replacements
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The vendEx Solution
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Vendors register with vendEx and purchase access to UCI scrubs
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Vendors are allowed one scrub set daily from a dedicated vendor scrubEx unit
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Scrubs must be returned before leaving the hospital for continued scrub access, reducing replacements
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Dedicated orange scrubs drive compliance and easily identify vendors when in the hospital
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$38,175 in revenue generated in one year helps recapture costs associated with providing vendor scrubs
The Results
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Infection Risk - Minimize infection risk by providing hospital laundered scrubs from a secured dispenser.
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Recapture Costs - Generate revenue to offset the cost of vendor scrubs.
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Increase Security - Provide vendors with a standardized scrub color for quick and easy identification.
