title: Class act. Materials managers add capital equipment to their repertoire.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shimkus
mesh_terms: D001130:Arizona; D002017:Budgets; D002140:California; D002201:Capital Expenditures; D003284:Contract Services; D003625:Data Collection; D017743:Equipment Reuse; D017754:Group Purchasing / Q000458:organization & administration; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000458:organization & administration*