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New challenges have arisen, such as demand on supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) and the implications of social distancing on staff, patients, and their families. Despite the pandemic, the need to deliver safe, urgent congenital cardiac surgery has remained.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>To demonstrate how Lean methodology can improve PPE supply chain demand and reduce staff exposure to children with unknown SARS\u2010CoV\u20102 status undergoing congenital cardiac surgery, during the COVID\u201019 pandemic.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We implemented the define, measure, analyze, improve, and control method (DMAIC) and Value Stream Maps to eliminate waste steps during testing for SARS\u2010CoV\u20102 for children undergoing congenital cardiac surgery.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Following a 3\u2010week period of implementation of this new value stream map, we reduced PPE set usage from 13 to 1 per patient, resulting in an annual saving of over \u20ac36,000 and reducing single\u2010use plastic waste by nearly 70\u00a0000 pieces per annum. 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