Answer: If the time needed to draw blood from a patient is reduced to 8 minutes, we need to recalculate the number of FTEs required to process 60 patients per day.
Using the original calculation, we found that 60 patients x 16 minutes = 960 minutes are needed each day to draw blood.
Now, if the time needed is reduced to 8 minutes per patient, we can recalculate the volume per day:
60 patients x 8 minutes = 480 minutes needed each day
Since 1 FTE is equivalent to 480 minutes per workday, we can determine the number of FTEs needed:
480 minutes / 480 minutes = 1.0 FTEs
Therefore, if the time needed to draw blood is reduced to 8 minutes, the number of FTEs needed would be 1.0 FTEs.
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