title: Equipping a new hospital: bringing method to the madness.
abstract: Equipping a new hospital involves quickly shifting and sometimes overlapping phases. Consequently, considerable coordination is required among the hospital administration, user departments, purchasing department, suppliers, architect, builder, trade unions, and other involved parties. Detailed procedures such as those described in this article can help to efficiently organize this effort and protect the hospital's interests regarding the costs, specifications, acceptability, and safety of the equipment that is acquired and installed.
mesh_terms: D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital; D006739:Hospital Administration; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital