Biomaterial Database

A simple process for controlling operating room specialized inventory. 1990

C Harrell

Tampa General Hospital, FL.

As with any new system, success would not exist without team efforts. Cooperation from the materiel service department played an important role in its success. Prompt purchase orders and a prompt delivery system are a must when PAR levels are kept at a minimum. The new manual inventory system became an efficient and effective alternative to controlling products within the surgery department at Tampa General Hospital. And now for automation!

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007445	Inventories, Hospital	Materials and equipment in stock; includes drugs in pharmacies, blood in blood banks, etc.	Hospital Inventories,Hospital Inventory,Inventory, Hospital
D009873	Operating Rooms	Facilities equipped for performing surgery.	Operating Room,Room, Operating,Rooms, Operating
D005431	Florida	State bounded on east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Gulf of Mexico, on the west by Alabama and on the north by Alabama and Georgia.
D006746	Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over	The number of beds 500 or more which a hospital has been designed and constructed to contain. It may also refer to the number of beds set up and staffed for use.	Hospital Bed Capacity 500 Over
D013523	Surgical Equipment	Nonexpendable apparatus used during surgical procedures. They are differentiated from SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, usually hand-held and used in the immediate operative field.	Equipment, Surgical,Equipments, Surgical,Surgical Equipments