Complexities and capabilities of Scan4Safety in NHS hospitals: a qualitative study of a national demonstrator site [PDF]
BMJ Health & Care InformaticsObjectives Data standards and barcoding technologies are implemented in hospitals to uniquely identify objects, people and locations; streamline the management of supplies and inventories; improve efficiency; reduce waste and improve patient safety and ...
Dawn Dowding +7 more
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Health benefits and control costs of tightening particulate matter emissions standards for coal power plants - The case of Northeast Brazil [PDF]
Environment International, 2019 Exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM) caused an estimated 4.2 million deaths worldwide in 2015. However, PM emission standards for power plants vary widely.
Daniel B. Howard +5 more
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A multisite inventory study of neonatal syringe pumps in Zambia [PDF]
Maternal Health, Neonatology and PerinatologyBackground The global neonatal mortality rate is due to miss the third Sustainable Development Goal of 12 deaths per 100 live births by 2030. However, medical devices can play a crucial role in improving the quality of care given to neonates, helping to ...
Oliver Norton +4 more
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Logistic Stewardship: Supporting Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs Based on Antibiotics Goods Flow [PDF]
AntibioticsBackground/Objectives: Antimicrobial resistance is a global threat to safe health care, and a reduction in antibiotic consumption seems to be an appropriate preventive measure.
Bianca Leistner +7 more
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Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2022 Objective: Given the global uncertainty faced due to the Covid-19 pandemic, health services were forced to adjust inventory management and purchase projections.
Villalobos-Madriz Jorge +4 more
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Sensors, 2021 Governments have been challenged to provide timely medical care to face the COVID-19 pandemic. Under this pandemic, the demand for pharmaceutical products has changed significantly.
Fernando Rojas +3 more
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SG-APSIC1128: BHQ instrument management at Bangkok Hospital
Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023 Objectives: We evaluated the BHQ instrument management strategies at Bangkok Hospital as well as the general instrument and surgical instrument inventories to develop effective management of general and surgical instruments.
Rome Chomrak
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Quality of life, anxiety and depression in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2020 Objective: to assess quality of life, anxiety and depression in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Method: a cross-sectional, quantitative study, conducted in a reference hospital for the treatment of pulmonary diseases.
César de Andrade de Lima +6 more
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National Inventory of Hospital Trauma Centers [PDF]
JAMA, 2003 ContextTrauma centers benefit thousands of injured individuals every day and play a critical role in responding to disasters. The last full accounting of the number and distribution of trauma centers identified 471 trauma centers in the United States in 1991.ObjectiveTo determine the number and configuration of trauma centers and identify gaps in ...
Ellen J, MacKenzie +6 more
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Order policy for emergency medicine with return uncertainty in a closed-loop supply chain. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Due to difficulties in accurately predicting the emergency timing and the magnitude of a disaster, operations for perishable emergency inventory planning often encounter expiration and shortage problems.
Wei Pan +4 more
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