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Development of risk inventory for hospitals in India
Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management, 2022Introduction With the ever-increasing hazards and associated risks in healthcare, the healthcare facilities should have a comprehensive enterprise risk management program. Risk management in Indian Healthcare is nascent and not structured.
Joseph S Fidelis +4 more
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Hospital Inventory Load Survey
Journal of the Structural Division, 1978An extensive live load survey is conducted on a medium size hospital to provide data and illustrate the technique of inventory surveying. A preliminary survey defines room uses and major sources of load. Recording forms are then constructed and manufacturers' literature consulted to construct transfer functions.
John C. Harris, Ross B. Corotis
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Blood Inventory Management: Hospital Best Practice
Transfusion Medicine Reviews, 2012Blood is a perishable product, and hence good management of inventories is crucial. Blood inventory management is a trade-off between shortage and wastage. The challenge is to keep enough stock to ensure a 100% supply of blood while keeping time expiry losses at a minimum.
Sebastian H W, Stanger +3 more
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Setting Inventory Levels for Hospital Blood Banks
Transfusion, 1976A method is devised to predict the hospital blood bank inventory of each of the eight blood types that will be adequate on all but a given fraction of days (shortage rate). Analysis of the model confirms and extends prior statistical models and provides a rationale for a number of observations made on some common blood inventory practices.
E, Brodheim, R, Hirsch, G, Prastocos
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Point‐of‐Use Hybrid Inventory Policy for Hospitals
Decision Sciences, 2014ABSTRACTModern point‐of‐use technology at hospitals has enabled new replenishment policies for medical supplies. One of these new policies, which we call the hybrid policy, is currently in use at a large U.S. Midwest hospital. The hybrid policy combines a low‐cost periodic replenishment epoch with a high‐cost continuous replenishment option to avoid ...
Claudia R. Rosales +2 more
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Measuring the quality of hospital care: an inventory of indicators
Internal Medicine Journal, 2009AbstractBackground: Development of indicators to measure health‐care quality has progressed rapidly. This development has, however, rarely occurred in a systematic fashion, and some aspects of care have received more attention than others. The aim of this study is to identify and classify indicators currently in use to measure the quality of care ...
B, Copnell +5 more
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System to Maximize Inventory Performance in a Small Hospital
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 1989A computerized system to maximize inventory performance in a small hospital is described. An inventory control system, which integrates economic order quantity (EOQ) and ABC inventory models was implemented in a 146-bed hospital. The perpetual inventory control data base, supported by the hospital's mainframe computer, generates monthly inventory ...
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Evaluating inventory turns for a hospital environment
Computers & Industrial Engineering, 1987Abstract This paper presents a unique approach, using a modified traditional EOQ model, to manipulate yearly inventory turns and generate optimal space requirements for the Stores operations at Georgetown University Hospital (GUH). The analysis used six months of material dispensed transaction data along with item cost and item size; it generated by ...
Rajiv Kapur, Chris Moberg
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A History of Hospitality and an Inventory of Characteristics
This chapter discovers the historical origins of the hospitality industry and reviews development and progress through modern times, highlighting the key factors that are prioritized for 21st century markets. Crisis management for a hotel resulting from disruptive technology or external factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic are explored from the ...openaire +1 more source
Inventory control in hospital blood banks
Omega, 1975Abstract The delicate relationship between donors and the Transfusion Service in the U.K. implies a clear duty to make the best possible use of the limited blood supplies, and this turns attention upon the stocking policies adopted by Hospital Blood Banks.
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