Inventory management for cardiac catheterization labs: the Princeton-Baptist Medical Center experience.
Several issues must be considered for implementation in order to decrease inventories and make them more manageable. Physician consensus on products, strict vendor control by the department manager, setting and maintaining low par levels, inventorying stock daily, negotiating just-in-time deliveries, conservation-minded staff, and working in concert with central supply and materiel management personnel are steps that when employed correctly can lead to more manageable inventories in cardiac catheterization departments. If these steps are implemented, they will enhance the liquidity of the department and ultimately that of the medical center.
Princeton Heart Institute, Princeton-Baptist Medical Center, Birmingham, AL.
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D000407:Alabama; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006801:Humans; D007445:Inventories, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008331:Management Information Systems